HOUSTON - (Aug. 12, 2019) - Rice University scientists have found a way to engineer a new kind of cell differentiation in bacteria, inspired by a naturally occurring process in stem cells. They have ...
Although bacteria may form colonies and biofilms, they do not constitute multicellular lifeforms like, well, us. Bacteria lack the ability to coordinate the basics of multicellularity, which include ...
Scientists have found a way to make single-celled bacteria behave like stem cells, differentiating into genetically unique individuals as they divide. Rice University scientists have found a way to ...