On March 25, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first new antibiotic to treat UTIs in 30 years. The ...

Light and electron microscopy each have their distinct limitations – with light it becomes increasingly difficult to resolve ...

Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States ...

A new study from the University of Toronto has found that a low-carbohydrate diet may increase the risk of colorectal cancer ...

Scientists in South Korea have engineered tiny bacterial cells that are churning out plastic. The plastics produced by the modified Escherichia coli ( E. coli) bacteria are known as polyester amides ...

The low carb diet thinned the mucus layer in the colon that protects against microbes. In the mice with E. coli, this allowed colibactin to reach colon cells. Colibactin is a genotixin – it damages ...

A self-powered, three-component biosensor capable of killing bacteria in water samples has been developed by materials ...