New studies show that a bacterial molecule, peptidoglycan, is present in the brain and fluctuates with sleep patterns. This ...

Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

A student-led experiment compares bacterial protein synthesis on Earth and in the ISS under microgravity conditions.

The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that bacteria can drive stem cell regeneration to repair the ...

University of Toronto researchers have uncovered how bacterial viruses protect their progeny in order to maximize their reach. The phenomenon, described in a study published in Nature, relies on viral ...

How can trillions of microbes live in our gut without causing a massive immune reaction? Scientists have been researching this question for years, and we are learning more about how the gut microbiome ...

A Cornell-led collaboration has devised a potentially low-cost method for producing antibodies for therapeutic treatments. They've bioengineered bacteria with an overlooked enzyme that can attach ...

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Byproducts from gut bacteria breaking down tryptophan, a dietary amino acid, can restore hormone-secreting gut cells reduced by obesity, a new study found. It opens the door to a natural, ...

From axolotls to zebrafish, stem cells possess remarkable regenerative abilities, enabling them to restore lost limbs and repair damaged organs. These extraordinary capabilities, however, are not ...

Almost all organisms follow a basic rule to make proteins. Information in DNA is encoded by codons made of three bases, or letters, and most life uses 64 codons to code for 20 naturally occurring ...