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A group of 38 leading experts in fields ranging from synthetic biology to the existence of life beyond Earth has come ...

Dozens of top scientists are warning that creating synthetic "mirror bacteria," composed of biomolecules that are the mirror ...

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M icrobiologists have studied bacterial defense mechanisms against phages for decades. But until less than a decade ago, ...

Insights into how diverse phage communities coexist within a single E. coli strain could lead to newer, more effective phage-based therapies.

On the battleground of the human body, microbes use every skill to mask, infiltrate, manipulate, and evade the immune radar.

Researchers uncover how the skin autonomously produces antibodies through specialized immune structures, maintaining ...

A new study reveals how a single species of bacteria can sustain a diverse community of phage species, with implications for ...

Researchers at the HIPS and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF ... liberate and amplify entire biosynthetic gene clusters within the native bacterial cell, granting access to previously ...