A research team of Prof. Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has discovered that the bacterium Ewingella americana, isolated from the intestines of Japanese ...

A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...

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

Engineered oncolytic bacteria have emerged as a promising therapeutic platform for precision cancer treatment, offering tumor ...

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and ...

Disrupting the chemical messages that oral bacteria use to coordinate growth may help prevent disease by keeping plaque communities in a healthier state. Like all living things, bacteria adapt in ...

Evo’s success wasn’t limited to proteins. When they tested a different toxin that had an RNA-based inhibitor, the system ...

Researchers at Stockholm University have made unexpected discoveries regarding a significant, previously unexamined group of ...

According to editorialists, the study has the potential for major clinical impact, but more work is needed before guidelines ...

Infectious disease is a major cause of social and economic instability, with pathogenic bacteria and viruses accounting for most cases worldwide. That said, colonization does not necessarily cause ...

Bacterial vaginosis, commonly known as BV, is the most common vaginal infection. Nearly 30% of women in the U.S. will experience bacterial vaginosis at some point in their lifetime. Bacterial ...

A three-part prediction tool using laboratory tests without lumbar puncture demonstrated high sensitivity but limited ...