A team led by Prof Kiavash Movahedi (VUB, VIB) has mapped in detail how the immune system acts against pathogens invading the brain. The findings shed new light on host-pathogen interactions and the ...

Host–parasite interactions represent an intricate interplay between pathogenic organisms and their hosts, shaping evolutionary trajectories through reciprocal adaptations. This coevolutionary process ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers determined the cryogenic-electron microscopic (cryo-EM) structures of secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA)-M4 and sigA-CD89 complexes ...

In a study of lab-engineered cells, researchers identify how the immune system neutralizes the herpesvirus. The research maps, for the first time, the maneuvers used by virus and host in the cell ...

Assessing life-history traits of parasites on resistant hosts is crucial in evolutionary ecology. In the particular case of sporulating pathogens with growing lesions, phenotyping is difficult because ...

A sugar on mycobacteria binds to the immune receptor dectin-1 on host macrophages, helping the bacteria survive and driving ...

Pontus Nordenfelt (left, photo by Tove Smeds) is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at Lund University (Sweden) who uses a range of techniques to study initial host–pathogen interactions. In ...

You will be redirected to our submission process. The study of emerging and zoonotic viral diseases represents a critical area in infectious disease research, with implications for human, animal, and ...

Molly Bletz, assistant professor of disease ecology at Penn State, has been awarded a 2025 New Investigator Grant by the ...

Between July and October 2023, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) was detected in animals on 27 fur farms in Finland. The outbreak, traced to wild birds, revealed significant virus ...

A novel iPSC-derived lung-on-chip model mimics human alveolar tissue, revealing macrophage-driven tuberculosis responses.