Biotech startup CrisprBits uses CRISPR-based techniques to change the shape of diagnostics by decoding genetic sequencing ...

In a compelling new video interview from Applied Microbiology International’s ‘Under the Lens’ series, Dr. Callum Cooper, a ...

1 School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China 2 Key Lab of Artificial Organs and Computational Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, ...

Some viruses, known as bacteriophages, only infect bacterial cells, often destroying those bacteria in the process. Bacteria, in turn, can develop defenses against these viruses. Bacteriophages or ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...

PHATE is an interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to revitalizing bacteriophage research and therapeutic development at Karolinska Institutet (KI). Recognizing the urgent global need for alternatives ...

Advances in sequencing technology have allowed for the study of complex and previously unexplored microbial and viral populations; however, linking host-phage partners using in silico techniques has ...

Every living creature on Earth needs to protect itself from things that would do it harm. Bacteria are no different. And despite their relative simplicity, they deploy remarkably savvy defensive ...

Last August, KJ Muldoon was born with a potentially fatal genetic disorder. Just six months later, he received a Crispr treatment designed just for him. Muldoon has a rare disorder known as CPS1 ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...