The human gastrointestinal tract houses roughly 100 trillion microorganisms (good bacteria). These microorganisms make up ...
Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
The number of infections by drug-resistant, “nightmare bacteria” rose by almost 70 percent between 2019 and 2023 in the United States, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Bacteria are amazing single-celled, simple organisms. They’re found everywhere on the planet in all sorts of environments from your gut to the soil to the Arctic and Antarctic. In every type of ...
Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Almost a dozen people have died this year in the Southeast after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus ...
As synthetic biologists, we have spent the last few decades in awe of the breakthroughs in the field. In the last fifteen years, synthetic biologists have stored books, images, and even videos in DNA, ...
A large study has revealed that dozens of widely used chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria. Many of these substances, ...
A mineral-hogging fungus can “bully” bacteria into becoming more antibiotic resistant, according to new work published June 20 in the journal PLOS Biology by Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists. The ...
Florida health officials reported that four people died and over a half dozen others were made sick this year by a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria. Vibrio vulnificus, which is found in saltwater, ...
A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...
University of Otago scientists are harnessing the power of peptides—the body's own tiny protein molecules—for a spray to help ...