bacteria
Why we may need a ‘Noah’s Ark’ of microbes to protect our health in the future
Preserving human microbiomes today, especially the more diverse ones from traditional peoples in developing nations, may provide treatments for diseases ...
How dirt could be the key to penicillin’s fight against antibiotic resistance
The next time you stroll outside after the rain, thank the soil bacteria below for the sweet, earthy smell that ...
Can we grow clothing textiles from living organisms?
[A] small but growing group of innovators is turning to the genius of nature in an attempt to put wastefulness ...
‘Living medicine’: Reengineering bacteria to tackle genetic diseases
In a study carried out over the summer, a group of volunteers drank a white, peppermint-ish concoction laced with billions ...
Why evolution is more complicated than Darwin imagined
Darwinian evolution [is] the transmission of genes and traits down the family line. DNA, it turns out, can also be ...
How bacterial CRISPR defense systems are defeated by suicidal virus attacks
The natural world abounds with examples of predators that cooperate to take down their prey. And such teamwork also exists ...
Fighting antibiotic ‘superbugs’—DNA sequencing helps in the battle
The successful effort to contain an outbreak of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) at a UK hospital demonstrates the ...
Synthetic biologists developing cells programmed to target, destroy cancer
Synthetic biology might be ready to graduate from cells engineered to perform only one task to multiple cells in a ...
Next-generation genetics offer new way to combat hospital infections
In the face of antibiotic resistant bacteria, hospitals still use century-old detection methods. New gene sequencing methods will change that ...
Our microbiome: Separating hype from health
What impact does our microbiome have on our health? A lot claim many, but we have a long way to ...
White House announces microbiome initiative but science on gut bacteria still unsettled
The Unified Microbiome Initiative seeks to unlock the mystery of the human biome and the role of genetics in shaping ...
Colicins dilemma: Bio-pharmed food-borne illness-fighting drug in anti GMO dungeon
Colicins are a natural antibacterial that could help reduce outbreaks of infectious disease. But they face a lot of opposition ...
