Tag: Microbiology

Credit: Photo courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one ...

Discovery efforts will focus on World Health Organization's (WHO) priority pathogens  Multi-actor partnership tests natural products and compound libraries for ...

Findings from a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, led by David Leib, PhD, professor and chair of ...

CU Anschutz researchers say men who have sex with men have unique microbiomes, may impact immune system AURORA, Colo. (April ...

Microbes in household dust can break down harmful chemicals, study shows COLUMBUS, Ohio--The dust that settles throughout our homes and ...

Patients can avoid added stress and potential surgical complicationsCredit: UBC Okanagan photo A UBC medical student has determined that a ...

The bacterium was isolated from a British soldier during World War One (WWI) and stored for over 100 years before ...

CRISPR-based 'allelic drive' allows genetic editing with selective precision and broad implicationsCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego New CRISPR-based gene ...

Scientists long puzzled over why bacteria contain so many "redundant" enzymes. Why make several molecules that do the same job, ...

Credit: Image credit: Shireen Dooling According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in every 59 children ...

Washington, DC - April 9, 2019 - Researchers from the San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research have found ...

Scientists recover dozens of antimicrobial and anticancer compounds from seaweed Defensive compounds produced by microbes are a major source of ...

Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Gary Borisy, PNAS.1522149113 Hundreds of different bacterial species are living inside your mouth. Some are ...

Credit: Xuelian Bai/DRI LAS VEGAS, Nev. (April 8, 2019) - A common species of freshwater green algae is capable of ...