Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) are crucial yet underexplored regulators of human immunity. Here we develop GRADR, a method integrating gradient profiling with RNA-binding proteome analysis, to map the ...

Definition: A pathogen is a biological agent – such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite or prion – that can cause disease in a host organism. In simple terms: a pathogen is an infectious microbe ...

The past few decades have seen the emergence of several diseases with drastic public health and economic consequences. Understanding routes of pathogen emergence and transmission is critical to ...

A public health expert explains why tick-borne diseases are on the rise, what they are, and how to keep yourself and loved ...

The fungal genus Aspergillus (subphylum Pezizomycotina, phylum Ascomycota) comprises some of the most important human opportunistic fungal pathogens. Invasive aspergillosis and chronic pulmonary ...

We share the world with myriad creatures from microbes to plants, and it’s been said that we are all connected. In recent years, scientists have shown just how much of an impact microbes can have on ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 years ...

Escherichia albertii is an emerging pathogen that has led to serious outbreaks of food poisoning, which have required hospitalizations. The bacterium ... | Microbiology ...