CRISPR, the gene-editing technology which won its creators the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is most well-known for its ...

Arpita Bose and Zhecheng Zhang explore genetic tools in environmental microbes, citing applications in extracellular electron transfer ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the 'dark genome' that are responsible ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...

Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis.

Bispecific antibodies bring multiple tumor-cell-killing mechanisms into play simultaneously. When a T cell is activated and ...

Numerous natural products produced by microorganisms can be utilized as active ingredients to treat illnesses like cancer and infections. Although the microbes' genes contain the blueprints for these ...

Researchers release a comprehensive viral genome database covering diverse ecosystems to advance understanding of viral evolution and ecosystem functions.

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

Oral microbiology has rapidly advanced our understanding of how biofilms are crucial contributors to the initiation and persistence of oral diseases. Oral ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

An investigation into cellular components in bacteria has unexpectedly uncovered a feature with relevance across many life ...