Bacterial biofilms contain a level of structural organisation that we thought was unique to plants and animals. Biofilms, slimy clumps of microorganisms like bacteria and fungi, were long thought to ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

Scientists have found that antibodies stop UTI-causing E. coli by jamming or mimicking cell receptors, preventing bacterial ...

As a grad student in cell biology, Shaeri Mukherjee was always on the lookout for new ways to fiddle with cells’ internal structures. It was the early 2000s, and Mukherjee was working in Dennis ...

Key Points Years of studying natural surfaces-like the nanopillared wings of cicadas and dragonflies-have revealed a powerful ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...