Microbiology
Tool for companies to assess individual production lot risks based on various scenarios
Princeton researchers have developed new computational and experimental tools to identify microbial small molecules encoded in clinical samples, allowing scientists to explore microbial-host interactions and to mine the human microbiome for drug discovery
Advance could help identify drugs to eventually treat fibrosis
Video shows single-cell organism making complex decisions
Learn more about next-generation sequencing through this carefully crafted crime scene
A recent study showed that while humans require only 10 to 100 ‘bugs’ to cause endophthalmitis, and mice require 5,000 before infection, in zebrafish, even 250,000 bacteria won’t cause the eye infection
In a recently-published review, researchers describe how ancestral origins impact the likelihood that people of African or Eurasian descent might develop immune-related diseases
New findings are a key advance in understanding how xanthohumol, a compound that contributes to hops' flavor, and its derivatives work
While it's unlikely the mutation will lead to widespread resistance around the world, it could become a problem among family members in close proximity, and in facilities like hospitals and nursing homes
A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes
European researchers have confirmed the absence of microbial life in hot, saline, hyperacid ponds in the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia
