Hundreds of different species of microbes live in your gut. In the future, one of these might serve a new function: microscopic in-house pharmacist. Oral medication is the most common and practical ...
Common food bacteria could be rewired to produce more vitamins—and "help to transform nutrition and medicine." This is the discovery of scientists at Rice University who have revealed how a bacterium ...
The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic into L-DOPA, a frontline medication for the ...
Researchers have developed an AI tool that can help determine whether unfamiliar bacteria carry genetic features linked to ...
In their landmark 1961 paper on the lac operon, Nobel laureates François Jacob and Jacques Monod speculated that RNA might ...
With the global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050 and crop yields declining annually, a team of academics from Northumbria University is developing a revolutionary new approach to food ...
A breakthrough urine test could dramatically speed up how doctors treat urinary tract infections, identifying the right ...
That bottle of probiotic pills sitting in your refrigerator cost you nearly $50, but what if the real digestive heroes were hiding in humble jars on the shelf below? Fermented foods have been quietly ...
Solving one of the longstanding problems surrounding gastrointestinal drug delivery, Virginia Tech researchers converted gut bacteria into miniature protein factories that manufacture and release a ...