In what they labeled a "surprising" finding, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers studying bacteria from freshwater lakes and soil say they have determined a protein's essential role in maintaining the ...

A tiny chemical modification commonly found on messenger RNAs plays a surprisingly large role in how cells respond to stress, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The ...

Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, possesses a uniquely complex cell envelope that is critical to its pathogenicity. Central to its virulence are the secondary cell wall ...