Bacteria are constantly moving with the help of motility organs called flagella or pili to colonize new niches. Also, ...

A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday ...

Zinc sits at the heart of many bacterial enzymes, so one of our immune system's simplest defenses is to keep zinc out of ...

In a new study that combines synthetic biology with cancer immunotherapy, researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of ...

If microbes can be coaxed to turn plastic waste into painkillers, fatbergs into fragrances, and perhaps in the future, carbon ...

The U.S. is witnessing a troubling rise in infections caused by bacteria carrying the NDM gene — dubbed “nightmare bacteria”— which one expert says poses a "grave danger" to public health.

In real world experiments, a team of Stanford researchers demonstrated that a virus with AI-written DNA could target and kill ...

Tal Feldman is a student at Yale Law School who formerly built AI and data tools for U.S. government agencies. Jonathan ...

For most healthy people, yes – sitting on a public toilet seat is low-risk. But you can wipe it with an alcohol wipe, or use ...

Scientists have for the first time used artificial intelligence to design viruses capable of killing harmful bacteria. In a ...

Researchers have engineered a strain of gut-targeting bacteria that triggers immune responses in colorectal cancer models, ...

Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.