Scientists are exploring bacteria's potential as cancer-fighting agents by genetically engineering them to target and destroy tumor cells. These therapies exploit the unique tumor micro ...

Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can act as electric wiring, according to a new study. The bacteria, named Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, could usher in a "new era of ...

Furthermore, as antibiotics generally target pathways essential for bacterial survival, they have a broad spectrum of action but lack specificity, with repercussions on all the bacteria of the ...

A bacteria killing coating created by scientists has been used in trials of a new paint that can be applied to a range of surfaces to effectively kill bacteria and viruses, including difficult to ...

Woolite is recalling over 16,000 bottles of delicate laundry detergent sold exclusively at Amazon due to the potential presence of bacteria, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Infrequent exposure In bacteria, CRISPR serves as a memory immune response. When bacteria encounter viral DNA, they can incorporate part of the sequence into their own DNA. Then, if the virus is ...

The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that bacteria didn't have enzymes that could digest them. Evolution has started to change that ...

The discovery that bacteria carried in the human gut can survive in Martian soil could have implications for crewed missions to Mars. As space agencies plan for future crewed missions to Mars ...

An MIT biotech researcher has been able to run the iconic computer game Doom using actual gut bacteria. Lauren Ramlan didn’t get the game going on a digital simulation of bacteria, but turned ...

Mark Blaskovich receives funding from a range of government, not-for-profit and commercial organisations for research into antibiotic discovery and development. He is affiliated with AAMRNet ...

Bill Sullivan is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Indiana University. Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it's a growing – and potentially fatal ...

Vibrio vulnificus, known as the flesh-eating bacteria, has killed 5 people in Florida this year, according to the state's health department. Overall, at least a dozen people have died from the ...