Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have uncovered an unusual bacterial immune system that operates in reverse of known ...

Myxobacteria are renowned producers of structurally diverse bioactive natural products but are difficult to engineer. Here the authors create a robust heterologous expression chassis and develop ...

When scientists assess how dangerous a bacterium is, the first question often seems simple: Can it be stopped or killed? In ...

Scientists are using cell-free transcription and translation systems to synthesize proteins, design biology-based sensors and ...

Reproducing such three-dimensional microbial environments in the laboratory, however, is not easy. Conventional methods have typically relied on gels and other materials to hold 3D structures in place ...

For decades, a single statistic circulated widely in biology classrooms and popular science writing: the human body was said to host ten bacterial cells for every one human cell. That figure turned ...

A new study led by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) reveals that living matter violates previously known physical principles of symmetry when cellular flows form and break ...

A compound made when gut bacteria break down dietary fiber may do more than briefly calm inflammation—it could leave a lasting protective “memory” in the gut. Northwestern Medicine researchers found ...

Scientists discovered a population of cells that can start the process of programmed cell death, survive it, and then help rapidly rebuild damaged tissue. Their descendants become far more resistant ...