A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

Researchers at University of Galway have created the world's largest collection of digital microbes—nearly a quarter million ...

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures has added the syphilis pathogen to its ...

Uncover the surprising effects of juice cleanses on oral and gut bacteria. A new study reveals the impact of juice-based ...

This manuscript describes a fundamental investigation of the functioning of Cas9 and in particular on how variant xCas9 expands DNA targeting ability by an increase-flexibility mechanism. The authors ...

In the ocean, the soil, and your gut, they might battle and eat each other, exchange DNA, compete for nutrients ... were once free-living bacteria. Photosynthetic plants owe their sun-spun ...

Two major theories of aging both involve DNA, but in very different ways. Researchers have revealed that these theories may not be so different after all. Researchers at University of California ...

Government's new R100-billion transformation fund proposal would mark a significant shift in black economic empowerment (BEE) policy if it ever saw the light of day. Business is ready to challenge it ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics have unveiled a groundbreaking map of human DNA mixing during reproduction, offering insights into genetic diversity, health, and fertility. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...