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 ...

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 ...

Our bodies host a variety of microorganisms, and the microbial communities in and on our bodies have to maintain the right balances among their members, or problems can arise. This includes the ...

The new case concerns green monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in The Gambia acquiring Staphylococcus aureus bacteria from close contact with humans. The research is important because it suggests fluidity ...