British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...

Researchers have revealed how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria extract iron from hemoglobin—a process crucial to their survival ...

Staphylococcus epidermidis exhibits different patterns of colonization to skin epithelial layers, which may contribute to long-term colonization. The microbial surface components recognizing ...

Stanford scientists discovered that a harmless skin bacterium triggers a powerful immune response. By tweaking a bacterial ...

Constantly scratching and picking at an itchy rash really does make it worse. But why? According to newly released research ...

The researchers also demonstrated that scratching prompts pain-sensing neurons to release a chemical known as substance P, which triggers mast cells: cells involved in the immune system, causing ...

A new study shows that flushing toilets can release harmful bacteria into the air, with squat toilets spreading more germs ...

Staph is the most widespread bacterial infection ... First, they prepared a mouse model with bacterial infection in the skin and soft tissue. Then they divided the mouse models into two groups ...

Study results indicated that controlling diabetes with insulin helps to prevent the emergence of antibiotic-resistant S.