Researchers engineer a bacterium to capture CO2 and produce mevalonate, a chemical used in the pharmaceutical industry.
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The origins of antibiotics span far beyond the 20th century, including an 1,000-year-old empirical recipe termed Bald’s eyesalve.
Certain microbes affect immune cell control in cancer. This study identifies crucial microbes through fecal microbiota transplantations.
Researchers have modified a common probiotic bacteria to develop a nasal vaccine that can help us fight influenza’s seasonal infection.
How can a bacterium found in milk provide a novel approach to food preservation?
Changes in the gut microbiome of paternal mice increase the risk of low birth weight and premature mortality in offspring.
New research unravels the nature of the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)
Gum disease is caused by specific harmful bacteria rather than all oral bacteria, highlighting the need for targeted prevention and treatment.
A new study looks at how living organisms can be used to clean polluted water from leather production.
Bedaquiline is a life-saving antibiotic used in the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), but until July 2023 when secondary patents were dropped, it came at a steep cost.
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