News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Homegrown Defender: Urinary infections face natural guard

    Specialized peptides produced by cells lining the urinary tract stand guard as the first line of defense against bacterial infection.

    By Nathan Seppa

  2. Cooked garlic still kills bacteria

    Cooked garlic can kill bacteria, but less efficiently than raw garlic does.

    By Christen Brownlee
  3. Health & Medicine

    Can supplements nix kidney stones?

    The majority of commercially available probiotic supplements don't degrade the compound that forms kidney stones.

    By Christen Brownlee
  4. Health & Medicine

    Dive suits could spread disease

    Divers' wetsuits can harbor bacteria that cause diseases in coral and people.

    By Christen Brownlee

  5. Hand gels falter

    Alcohol-based gels may not effectively eliminate from people's hands a type of virus that causes millions of cases of diarrhea worldwide each year.