Breathing, at its core, is about moving electrons. In humans and most other organisms, oxygen acts as the final destination ...

A probiotic paste prevented the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease, but the treatment is still a proof-of-concept, not a cure.

A Texas A&M scientist is using gene editing and other bioengineering to attack mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, ...

Clear Labs, a leader in fully automated next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions, announced the launch of its newest innovation: an enhanced Clear Dxtm System with additional capabilities and the ...

In fact, much of the raw milk argument neglects the fact that raw dairy can harbor harmful pathogens like E. coli or Listeria ...

Vienna, Austria played host to a momentous gathering, welcoming over 15,000 attendees from across five continents for the ...

Immune cells known as neutrophils act as first responders to infection. Research on zebrafish shows light regulates their ...

A newly developed laboratory tool can, within hours, help to identify specific viruses which can be used to destroy variants of the dangerous pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. Viruses of ...

In an alarming study, scientists have issued a warning about the potential risks of creating “mirror bacteria,” an entirely new type of lifeform made from mirror-image biological molecules.

If mirror bacteria were to escape from the lab, there would be nothing to prevent them from establishing themselves in the wild and threatening plants, animals, and humans with lethal infections.

Leading scientists have called for any efforts to one day make “mirror bacteria” in a lab to stop – warning that it would present an “unprecedented risk” to life on Earth. Despite being ...

“Mirror bacteria” made in a lab could endanger all life on earth, an international group of leading scientists have warned in a new report. All building-block molecules of life like DNA, proteins and ...