The journal is sharpening its review of life science papers and giving authors additional space to document more detailed methods.
The journal is sharpening its review of life science papers and giving authors additional space to document more detailed methods.
A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
A study concludes that the open access repository is decreasing biomedical journal readership.
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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.