In a new study published in Genes & Development, research led by Dr. Lila Allou at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences ...
Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance.
A principle of DNA synthesis that has dominated biology textbooks for decades could be upended. An enzyme has been discovered ...
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Ancient immune weapons still shape human defenses, Quanta reports
Somewhere inside every human cell, a molecular alarm system watches for DNA that does not belong. When it spots a viral ...
Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own ...
Life moves in mysterious ways—and perhaps especially so for organisms that undergo dramatic shifts in levels of ...
NIH-funded UT team and colleagues from Metagenomi Thereapeutics discovered highly efficient enzyme could enable targeted gene editing within the human body.
Tiny organisms on the ground – bacteria and fungi – have a “superpower” that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and ...
Like most bacteria, Vibrio cholerae lives under constant attack from viruses. To survive, bacteria equip themselves with ...
A key feature of this process is natural competence, the ability of bacteria to take up free DNA from their surroundings. V. cholerae becomes naturally competent when it grows on chitinous surfaces, a ...
Like most bacteria, Vibrio cholerae lives under constant attack from viruses. To survive, bacteria equip themselves with ...
Now, following up on that success, a large Chinese collaboration has followed up with a description of an improved gene ...
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