A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: ...

The first antibiotic to be discovered, penicillin, works by interfering with this crosslinking step. The result is a weakened cell wall that can no longer ... these have to work in harmony ...

You probably think “antibiotic resistance” means that a bacterial infection can’t be cured by any antibiotics. But the FDA ...

No one loves feeling under the weather, but if you enjoy a soup like pastina soup you could be saying goodbye to that cold ...

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific ...

Jumbo phages use a protein shield to protect their DNA from bacterial attacks. A special handshake controls which molecules enter.

It’s important to note that researchers are likely at least 10 to 30 years away from creating mirror bacteria. On the timescale of a fast-moving field like synthetic biology, a decade is a very long ...

When we think of gut health, most of us think only about the food we eat. But, did you know there are countless other factors ...

Most major biological molecules, including all proteins, DNA and RNA, point in one direction or another. In other words, they ...

CCI Photonics has secured six-figure funding to leverage AI in detecting bacterial infections in just 15 minutes, ...

Leaders of four state agencies on Friday launched a major five-year plan to work together with partners in public health, health care, agribusiness, environmental protection and other fields to ...