A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
Scientists develop a gel that mimics mollusc glue to coat the insides of blood vessels.
Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40
Scientists are using genetic techniques to target diseases that affect how we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel.
Microbes affect weight loss; dozens of cancer-linked genes identified; a climate change scientists speaks out about personal attacks; isolation among elderly linked to death
Microbial changes in the gut contribute to a patient’s ability to slim down after gastric bypass surgery.
Venom-based drugs for pain; microbes in the deep ocean; altruistic, suicidal bacteria; a call for open access; clinical sequencing; the newest genomes
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
Researchers find remarkably active bacteria in the Mariana Trench, where they live under pressure 1,000 times greater than at the surface.
Rock samples from deep within the Earth’s oceanic crust contain chemosynthetic microbial life.