New research found that gene therapy for children with a form of severe combined immunodeficiency was successful in 95% of ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a previously unrecognized mechanism by which Staphylococcus aureus—one of the most common causes of skin and soft ...

“Our work is the first to directly test how chromosome structure affects bacterial growth, survival, and ability to cause ...

With this in mind, microbiologist professor Brenda Wilson of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has shared what you ...

Even in an environment as seemingly simple as a drop of water, bacteria can organize themselves into complex patterns or ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% ...

Researchers uncover how gut bacteria use DGRs to adapt and survive, revealing new ways our microbiome could impact lifelong ...

Though a paper on the ‘New Delhi Metallo-beta lactamase bacteria’ in the latest issue of a British medical journal has led to allegations of a ‘Western plot’ to undermine medical tourism in India, the ...

New research reveals that a fundamental process in bacterial gene regulation called sigma cycle, long thought to involve the release of a key protein, sigma factor, might not be universal, opening new ...

Microbiology: Bacterial classification and diversity ... transduction and conjugation; Horizontal gene transfer and transposable elements; Chromosomal variation; Genetic disorders; Population genetics ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants can accelerate their own evolution through a process of "natural genetic engineering." ...