The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

The gut microbiome comprises the trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms that live in our digestive tracts, and it has been increasingly connected to human health and disease. A new Yale study ...

For the past year, the best ectoin skin-care products have been all the hype in the beauty world—and for good reason. This ...

Biologists converted gut bacteria into miniature protein factories that manufacture and release a sustained flow of targeted proteins inside the lower intestines. This technique solves one of the ...

It’s hard to say something nice about viruses, but Dr. Joaquín Martínez Martínez can. Dr. Martínez Martínez is a new aquatic ...

Addressing one of the longstanding challenges in gastrointestinal drug delivery, Virginia Tech researchers have transformed gut bacteria into tiny protein factories. These engineered microbes ...

Human health is strongly intertwined with the health of the microbiome. A large number of studies have shown that the human ...

Mammalian hosts coordinate various cell death pathways as part of the immune defense system against pathogens including ...

A new study published in the Journal of Proteomics explores the antibacterial properties of cannabidiol (CBD), revealing its ...

Electron microscopy images reveal crucial structures and mechanisms within the molecular machinery that certain bacteria use ...

Choanoflagellates envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators to consume plant-like ...

An artificial-intelligence network trained on a vast trove of sequence data is a step towards designing completely new ...