Scientists have issued a stark warning about the potential dangers of "mirror bacteria" - hypothetical synthetic life forms ...

Viruses that infect and kill bacteria, called phages, hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including ...

Microorganisms produce a wide variety of natural products that can be used as active ingredients to treat diseases such as ...

ABOVE: A number of scientists are calling for a ban on research that could create mirror bacteria, which pose significant risks to society. ©iStock, Galina Kamenskaya. A s synthe ...

Microorganisms produce a wide variety of natural products that can be used as active ingredients to treat diseases such as infections or cancer. The blueprints for these molecules can be found in the ...

The researchers said that their concerns are not about stifling innovation but about ensuring scientific progress aligns with ...

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

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

Cyanobacteria use an AM radio-like principle to coordinate cell division with circadian rhythms, encoding information through ...

The presence of so-called clue cells – vaginal epithelial cells with such a heavy coating of bacteria that the peripheral borders are obscured – on saline wet mount; A fishy or amine odor ...

The bacterial host response is the process by which ... Here the authors demonstrate that programmed cell death 6 (PDCD6) negatively regulates LAP formation and the antibacterial response by ...

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