Microbiology

Discoveries about the ways cells die are inspiring new disease treatments

Varying levels of a naturally occurring molecule that slows the spread of Salmonella could explain why the pathogen doesn’t sicken everyone.

How a shared vision will keep Stanford Medicine at the forefront of medicine and health care

Low levels of the hormone vasopressin could be a biomarker for autism.

Researchers aim to harness microbes in our intestines to cure what ails us

Building kinetic contraptions to bring data to life

A new CRISPR/Cas9 DNA labeling technique finds that DNA flails around during the transcription process, increasing its ability to connect distant regions of the genome.

Fixing a widely used antibiotic’s tendency to cause hearing loss

An analysis of blood reveals that most microbes living inside humans have never been seen before.