A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Ernest Pharmaceuticals is preparing to begin clinical ...

Scientists at UMass Amherst and Ernest Pharmaceuticals developed BacID, a bacterial cancer therapy activated by aspirin. This ...

A University of Massachusetts Amherst-Ernest Pharmaceuticals team of scientists has made "exciting," patient-friendly advances in developing a non-toxic bacterial therapy, BacID, to deliver ...

William Paley was an 18th–century English clergyman, Christian apologist, and philosopher. He is best known for his design ...

Certain soil bacteria play a crucial role in modulating plant immune responses, and allowing them to grow more efficiently.

The harmless bacteria that cluster around plant roots can influence the plant's balance of growth and defense, a new study ...

Jonathan Conway, senior study author, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering To search for immune-balancing bacteria, Conway's team turned to plants that were engineered to have ...

Soil bacteria help plants grow roots by suppressing immune responses. Scientists reveal the role of enzymes in balancing ...

Beginning Jan. 2014, Texas state law (SB 62) mandates that all entering students under the age of 22 provide a certificate signed by a health care provider or an official immunization record verifying ...

Now, they would like to better understand why these enzymes may be advantageous to both bacteria and their plant hosts. One hypothesis is that chopping up the flagella of pathogens prevents them ...