PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A research team led by Washington State University has discovered a phenomenon in which some of the world’s deadliest bacteria feed on human blood. The researchers found that ...

Some of the world's deadliest bacteria seek out and feed on human blood, a newly-discovered phenomenon researchers are calling 'bacterial vampirism.' Researchers have found the bacteria are attracted ...

A recent study published in the journal Nature Microbiology showed that exoglycosidases from Akkermansia muciniphila, a gut symbiont, can target (extended) blood group antigens to produce ...

Some bacteria, among the deadliest in the world, seek out blood in the body like microscopic vampires, researchers say. National Cancer Institute via Unsplash Dracula. Edward Cullen. Morbius. Count ...

Some of the world's deadliest bacteria seek out and feed on human blood, a newly-discovered phenomenon researchers are calling "bacterial vampirism." A team led by Washington State University ...

Several bacteria that can cause deadly bloodstream infections in humans are attracted to an amino acid in our blood, scientists have discovered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The phrase “blood and guts” may acquire a gentler meaning, one associated with care and healing rather than ferocity and violence—or more to the point, to the provision of blood rather than the ...

Dracula. Edward Cullen. Morbius. Count von Count. Microscopic single-celled organisms? Team Vampire may have a new member after a group of researchers found some bacteria have a “thirst for human ...

Washington State University researcher Arden Baylink holds a petri dish containing salmonella bacteria. Baylink and PhD student Siena Glenn have published research showing that some of the world's ...