Scientists at LSU have patented a novel way to kill cancer cells using staph bacteria, sometimes called the “superbug.” ...

Bacteria can be turned into living factories that churn out complex molecules using reactions catalysed by light 1.

A new study reveals how bacteria in the gut can help determine whether the amino acid asparagine from the diet will feed tumor growth or activate immune cells against the cancer, according to ...

Gut microbes engineered to dim their fluorescence under stress offered a real-time, noninvasive biosensor to track gut health in mice.

Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella ...

A major new review of human studies finds consistent differences in gut bacterial communities between people with mild ...

Common gut bacteria use protein delivery systems to interact directly with human cells, reshaping how scientists view the microbiome.

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In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

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While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...