Researchers have built a series of AI-driven and computational tools that scan microbial genomes to detect bacterial defense ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have engineered chromosome-free bacterial particles called SimCells that killed more ...

A screen of poultry farm effluent and slaughterhouse wastewater has identified a bacteriophage that could tackle Salmonella ...

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller officially debuted their masterpiece, "Project Hail Mary", last week, an adaptation of Andy ...

The genomes of phages—viruses that infect bacteria—are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown. Less than four years ago, a team led by Prof. Rotem ...

Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, ...

Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are a common health issue, especially for women. In fact, half of all women are expected to have at least one UTI during their lifetime. Many women also face ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. We’re hurtling towards a post-antibiotic world, as the overuse of antibiotics has given rise to dangerous drug ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. By 2050, drug-resistant "superbugs" could kill up to 10 million people a year, according to the World Health Organization ...

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Nanobodies, single-domain antibodies derived from camelid heavy-chain antibodies, are known for their high affinity, stability, and small size, which make them useful in biological research and ...