Ancient Epidemics: Scientists Uncover Lethal Stone Age Threat
Bacterial poisoning via food and water – but also via contact such as kisses – caused a lot of suffering during the Stone Age. A…
Bacterial poisoning via food and water – but also via contact such as kisses – caused a lot of suffering during the Stone Age. A…
Soil bacteria use proteins to power nanowires, forming an underground electrical grid that supports life and impacts methane emissions. To “breathe” in an environment without…
A study reveals that overgrowth of nerve cells in the bladder is the cause of persistent pain in recurrent UTIs, pointing to new, more effective…
A groundbreaking wax coating developed by researchers uses cinnamon-bark essential oil to enhance produce safety, showing promise in reducing foodborne illnesses and extending shelf life….
Antibiotic-resistant infection is projected to catch up to cancer as the leading cause of death by 2050, making understanding and limiting the spread of antibiotic-resistant…
New findings enable more accurate prediction of the carbon cycle. Warmer soils harbor a greater diversity of active microbes, according to a new study from…
Cresomycin, a groundbreaking antibiotic developed by Harvard scientists, targets drug-resistant bacteria with improved binding to ribosomes, offering hope against global antimicrobial resistance. A new antibiotic…
A decades-old mystery of how natural antimicrobial predatory bacteria are able to recognize and kill other bacteria may have been solved, according to new research….
Mutation in E. coli facilitates severe disease by hindering cellulose production, revealing new approaches to fight antibiotic resistance. Queensland researchers have discovered that a mutation…
Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago and Harvard University have created an antibiotic that may provide medicine a new tool to combat bacteria resistant…
Research on the roundworm species C. elegans has demonstrated that disruptions in the transfer of RNA between cells across various tissues can lead to a…
Researchers have studied the escalation of antibiotic resistance in the UK and Norway over the past two decades, highlighting that the surge in resistance is…
Researchers at the Center for Translational Antiviral Research within the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have discovered that the makeup of gut…
New study demonstrates that environmental changes can flip microbial predator-prey hierarchy. In a new study, two species of bacteria grown in a lab reversed their…
Using a database of over 60,000 microorganisms curated by researchers from across the globe, the new search tool instantly matches microbes to the metabolites they…
Researchers unveil how the self-killing activity of bacteria can be harnessed in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at…
IMA peptides in legumes enhance iron acquisition for nitrogen fixation, offering insights into sustainable agriculture practices. Leguminous plants have a mechanism (rhizobial symbiosis) to efficiently…
By tracking T cell activity, researchers uncover promising tuberculosis vaccine and drug targets. La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) is working to guide the development…