A team of microbiologists, chemists and pharmaceutical specialists at Shandong University, Guangzhou Medical University, ...

Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

Jumbo phages utilize a complex protein import system, with Imp1 as a key gatekeeper, to transport proteins into their ...

We've had a few successes using directed evolution to create useful variations of existing enzymes, but efforts to broaden ...

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce.

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

Researchers at University of Galway have created the world's largest collection of digital microbes—nearly a quarter million ...

A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide ...

In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, NUS scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human ...