A Université de Montréal study has found a previously unknown mechanism in bacterial reproduction that could be attacked by ...

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," goes the old adage, which Rice University professor James Chappell completely ignored in a ...

Researchers have uncovered how a disease-causing bacterium uses a single protein to interfere with the body's defenses in ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ protein, which normally forms a donut-shaped structure, must bend and ...

A Franco-British team of scientists has explored two human proteins recently identified as immune enzymes. Structural studies ...

Researchers have created the first living synthetic bacterium made from non-living parts by killing a bacterial cell and then ...

Researchers identify why graphene oxide selectively destroys bacteria while remaining safe for human cells, with applications from toothbrushes to sportswear.

Some bacteria do not defeat antibiotics by evolving resistance right away—they outlast treatment by slipping into ...

Scientists are exploring a surprising new way to fight cancer — using bacteria. :microbe: In a recent study, researchers ...