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Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
A section of a mouse distal colon showing luminal contents with bacteria in magenta, the mucus lining (green) and the epithelial cell barrier of the gut (blue, right).
Mapping the Neighborhoods of the Gut Microbiome
Abby Olena, PhD | Jul 1, 2022 | 7 min read
Researchers are going beyond fecal samples to understand how the patterns of commensal microbes in the gastrointestinal tract influence development and health.
Discovering Novel Antibiotics
Sandeep Ravindran | Feb 1, 2017 | 7 min read
Three methods identify and activate silent bacterial gene clusters to uncover new drugs
Updated Sept 1
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Follow the Coronavirus Outbreak
The Scientist | Feb 20, 2020 | 10+ min read
Saliva tests screen staff and students at University of Illinois; Study ranks species most susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection; COVID-19 clinical trials test drugs that inhibit kinin system
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The Scientist Staff | Jul 24, 1994 | 2 min read
J.C. Hunter-Cevera President of the Society for Industrial Microbiology Annandale, VA President, United States Federation of Culture Collections El Cerrito, CA. Co-Founder of BioDynamics, El Cerrit, CA. With the growing recognition of biodiversity's critical importance to ecological balance and economic growth, the role that microbes play is receiving new appreciation in the scientific community. J.C. Hunter-Cevera is committed t
J.C.Hunter-Cevera
The Scientist Staff | Jul 24, 1994 | 2 min read
J.C. Hunter-Cevera President of the Society for Industrial Microbiology Annandale, VA President, United States Federation of Culture Collections El Cerrito, CA. Co-Founder of BioDynamics, El Cerrit, CA. With the growing recognition of biodiversity's critical importance to ecological balance and economic growth, the role that microbes play is receiving new appreciation in the scientific community. J.C. Hunter-Cevera is committed t
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How an Early Warning Radar Could Prevent Future Pandemics
Amos Zeeberg, Undark | Feb 27, 2023 | 8 min read
Metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens, but its widespread use faces challenges.
Stem Cells: Safe Haven For TB
Nsikan Akpan | Feb 5, 2013 | 3 min read
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
Bacteria Harbor Geometric “Organelles”
Amber Dance | Dec 1, 2018 | 10+ min read
Microbes, traditionally thought to lack organelles, get a metabolic boost from geometric compartments that act as cauldrons for chemical reactions. Bioengineers are eager to harness the compartments for their own purposes.
An Ocean of Viruses
Joshua S. Weitz and Steven W. Wilhelm | Jul 1, 2013 | 10+ min read
Viruses abound in the world’s oceans, yet researchers are only beginning to understand how they affect life and chemistry from the water’s surface to the sea floor.

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