Legionella species are environmental Gram-negative γ-proteobacteria that parasitize and replicate within free-living unicellular eukaryotes 1,2. Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is the leading cause of a ...

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, ...

Scientists at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research have discovered how Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium responsible for ...

Despite major advances in modern medicine, bacterial diseases remain a substantial global health burden; at least two of the ...

Infections caused by invasive intracellular bacteria pose major therapeutic challenges due to pathogen survival and growth inside of host cells as well as the low intracellular accessibility for ...

When we think of the immune system, most people imagine white blood cells putting up a fight against invading germs within our bloodstream. But now, in research publishing June 4 th in the Cell Press ...