Protein cages found in nature within microbes help weather its contents from the harsh intracellular environment -- an observation with many bioengineering applications. Researchers recently developed ...

Scientists have found that antibodies stop UTI-causing E. coli by jamming or mimicking cell receptors, preventing bacterial ...

A laboratory-grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm. 3D images were acquired by an advanced light sheet theta microscopy system (ClearScope) developed in Columbia’s Department of Biological Sciences.

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

Certain antibodies employ unusual tactics to keep germs from attaching to cells in our bodies. Their defensive strategies ...