New research from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has shown gut and bloodstream infections are caused by the same bacteria, giving hope of better prevention and diagnosis of deadly ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified issues with most genomic sequence data for the Neisseria gonorrhoeae ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

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 ...

Stress is another crucial factor to keep in mind, as stress hormones can decrease good bacteria numbers and increase gut ...

Anthrax’s virulence relies on AtxA, a key regulator. New research reveals AtxA directly links bacterial sugar intake to toxin production via a protein interaction. Glucose & CO2 levels impact AtxA, ...

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

After releasing two gene-edited rice varieties in May this year, scientists are now focusing on developing GE varieties of ...

ESKAPE infections generally require extensive treatment procedures. Every ESKAPE pathogen has a wide range of infection and pathogenesis mechanisms, which has resulted in the development of resistance ...