Federal officials will release harmless bacteria into subway tunnels beneath the Northeastern city to test new sensors designed to detect biological agents.
Federal officials will release harmless bacteria into subway tunnels beneath the Northeastern city to test new sensors designed to detect biological agents.
A human trial of a hepatitis C treatment is shut down after one of the participants died.
Another person has died from the rodent-borne disease after visiting Yosemite National Park.
Researchers consider the recent reappearance of West Nile virus in Texas and the efforts to control it.
Mice with inflammatory bowel disease harbor gut bacteria that damage host DNA, predisposing mice to cancer.
Financial hardships of young scientists in training are forcing many talented researchers to find new careers.
The first full computer model of a single-celled organism mimics the bacterium’s behaviors and paves the way to more complete disease models.
Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.
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The recently hyped amoeba-flagellate Collodictyon has many secrets to tell about early eukaryotic evolution.