Shortening the span between examination and diagnosis "is critical time that can be used to treat the patient and possibly ...

A doctor scribbles an order for antibiotics on a prescription slip and reminds the patient to take the full dosage, even if ...

The bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted infections worldwide.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the bacteria ...

One of the most frustrating realities in liver cancer treatment is that even after a seemingly successful surgical resection, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line up around a thousand of them to match the thickness of a human thumbnail.