Pneumocystis is an unwieldy genus of fungal pathogens that cause severe pneumonia, particularly in immunocompromised people like those with HIV/AIDs or who have received organ transplants. However, ...

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Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-based modeling tool that can accurately predict how infectious ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

Recce Pharmaceuticals has secured its second US Army research agreement to advance its burn wound infection treatment. ...

Infectious diseases are illnesses caused by pathogenic microorganisms—including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites—that invade a host, replicate, and ...

A destructive plant pathogen has long puzzled scientists with its ability to move swiftly through crops and cause sudden, ...

A new book provides a hopeful, rigorously researched exploration of how science, policy, and industry can collaborate to meet ...

A recent international research project has used advanced microscopy techniques and computational modeling to discover why ...

Even with limited data, researchers fear the presently overlooked pair represent "a major threat to public health." ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza A new perspective highlights how the influenza D virus and a canine–feline recombinant coronavirus ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...