In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups the competition. But sometimes, as in the corporate ...

Arpita Bose and Zhecheng Zhang explore genetic tools in environmental microbes, citing applications in extracellular electron transfer ...

Numerous natural products produced by microorganisms can be utilized as active ingredients to treat illnesses like cancer and infections. Although the microbes' genes contain the blueprints for these ...

A new scientific review has uncovered how complex microbial communities, including those in the human gut and the natural environment, act as powerful ...

A new study published in New Contaminants reveals that black carbon formed during wheat straw burning can significantly ...

Microplastics gather drug resistant bacteria as they move through water, allowing microbes to spread from polluted sites into ...

Small plastic pellets, used in wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s, are more than just plastic pollution – they carriy potentially dangerous bacteria.

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The 2025 International Summit on Human Genome Editing called for: • A moratorium on heritable edits until safety and societal consensus are achieved Meanwhile, patients with devastating genetic ...

A new study published in New Contaminants reveals that black carbon formed during wheat straw burning can significantly reduce the spread of ...

After 13 years, Indonesian conservationist finds one of the world’s rarest flowers—it steals genes and smells like rotten ...