New center will incorporate research on the study of aging in the Department of Biology, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.

Hydrogen peroxide produced by some bacteria causes DNA double-strand breaks, cell suicide.

New research suggests ways to reduce the likelihood that individuals and groups will become infected with influenza.

Microfluidic cell-squeezing device opens new possibilities for cell-based vaccines.

Manipulating the permeability of a type of vacuole could help defeat malarial parasites.

Simple paper strip can diagnose Ebola and other fevers within 10 minutes.

Liver cells derived from stem cells can be infected with malaria and used to test potential drugs.

High-speed images capture patterns by which raindrops spread pathogens among plants.

Research on disease transmission through aerosol droplets raises questions about Ebola’s spread.