The discovery that a toxin made by bacteria found in dirty water might help trigger ulcerative colitis could lead to new ...

In natural environments, bacteria rarely live as free-swimming cells but are attached to surfaces as biofilms in medical ...

Plasmids are self-replicating genetic elements that float separately from a bacterium’s own chromosomes. Plasmids evolve ...

Researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School have just opened a new window into understanding the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

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Bacteria can serve as couriers for these anti-cancer vaccines. Using genetic engineering, the genetic instructions (or DNA) ...

Scientists at Weizmann Institute, Hebrew University and Houston's Baylor College of Medicine say patients with more bacteria ...

Phage therapy is reshaping our understanding of how targeted viruses can reset the gut microbiome, offering a precise, ...

Bacteria can slip into the brain by commandeering cells in the brain’s protective layers, a new study finds. The results hint at how a deadly infection called bacterial meningitis takes hold. In mice ...

In a previous report, News 12 New Jersey discovered cell phones can carry more bacteria than the average toilet seat. News 12 New Jersey?s Alice Gainer wanted to find out just what was on her two cell ...

D imaging reveals ancient phages virus with features dating back billions of years - and potential to fight today’s dangerous ...

Unexpected deposits of bacteria have been found inside brain tumors, apparently affecting how the cancers grow and behave, a ...