E. coli
Analyzing first fecal transplant death: Donor stool wasn’t tested for rare E. coli strain
This spring, a 73-year-old man with a rare blood condition became the first person to die from drug-resistant bacteria found ...
Redesigning life: First living organism created with ‘fully synthetic’ genome
Scientists have created the world’s first living organism that has a fully synthetic and radically altered DNA code. The lab-made ...
USDA wants to use drones to keep E. coli out of our food supply
When the new Food Safety Modernization Act became law in 2011, it required farmers to test for E. coli and other bacteria ...
Why did CNN interview the ‘food babe’ about the romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak?
The Food and Drug Administration’s urgent warning about a romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak left many Americans wondering .... what ...
Scientists engineer bacteria-hunting virus to kill E. coli in drinking water
To rapidly detect the presence of E. coli in drinking water, Cornell University food scientists now can employ a bacteriophage ...
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 ...
