Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, ...

When scientists discovered how bacteria protect themselves against viral invaders, called phages, in the early 2000s, little ...

More than a decade ago, scientists harnessed a bacterial molecular machine that identifies and cuts specific sections of DNA, revolutionizing the ability to edit genes ...

Viktor Mamontov, Alexander Martynov, Natalia Morozova, Anton Bukatin, Dmitry B. Staroverov, Konstantin A. Lukyanov, Yaroslav Ispolatov, Ekaterina Semenova, Konstantin Severinov Proceedings of the ...

A team of researchers led by Joshua Modell says they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain ...

The colonies of Escherichia coli sitting in this petri dish become pathogenic when they carry Shiga toxin genes. Credit: Shutterstock “We’re essentially converting a pathogenic strain into a ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But scientists have only begun to unlock the secrets of this ancient arms race. All ...

More than a decade ago, scientists harnessed a bacterial molecular machine that identifies and cuts specific sections of DNA, ...

From the currently used sputum testing, soon tuberculosis screening can be done via a simple tongue swab, according to a ...

Engineered bacteria reprogram tumor macrophages and direct copper into cancer cells, triggering cell death and systemic immunity without damaging healthy tissue.

Gene-edited pancreatic cells have been transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes for the first time. They produced ...

A CRISPR mouth-swab test could transform TB screening with rapid, low-cost detection in low-resource and asymptomatic cases.