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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) confocal microscopy image of deep-sea mussel tissue. The intranuclear parasite Ca. Endonucleobacter is shown in yellow, while beneficial symbiotic bacteria are labeled in green and red. Cell nuclei are stained blue. The right panel zooms in on the white square highlighted in the left panel.

Nuclear Hijackers: Deep-Sea Mussels’ Bacteria Reveal Surprising Survival Tactics

Categories Life & Non-humans
These microscope images show how interferon in the nucleus raises levels of the protective protein IFI16 (stained green) from low background levels (left) to the higher levels needed to resist herpes infection (right). Image: HMS MicRoN core imaging facility/Nicolas Romero Rata

How the Immune System Fights to Keep Herpes at Bay

Categories Health
A researcher holds open a preserved fish specimen that has been inspected for parasites. The study included eight fish species and 699 fish specimens, which yielded more than 17,000 parasites.

Warming oceans have decimated marine parasites — but that’s not a good thing

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

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