Researchers made a “huge breakthrough” when they did an experiment “purely out of curiosity” which solves “a decades-long ...

Unfortunately, Vibrio natriegens doesn't have the sophisticated molecular tools that are available in a commonly used lab ...

Birmingham scientists have identified an essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to "displace" ...

Researchers have developed the Human Intestinal Bacteria Collection (HiBC), comprising 340 gut bacterial strains from 198 ...

He credits GutID’s bacterial DNA sequencing technology, from the life science tech company PacBio, for providing detailed visualization of the gut’s bacterial population down to the strain level.

Toxin timeline. Colibactin was linked to colorectal cancer cases in younger people, according to a study published in the ...

Scientists investigating an alarming rise in bowel cancer in young adults have identified the bacterial toxin colibactin as a ...

Scientists have identified essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to 'displace' antibiotic resistance genes from bacteria.

Fusobacteria, which are part of the oral microbiome, are suspected of playing a role in cancer progression. Scientists at the ...

As antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global health concern, with millions of deaths occurring each year due to it, ...

A bacterial toxin called colibactin, produced by certain strains of E. coli, appears to alter gut DNA in a way that prompts ...

Scientists have a new clue in the mystery of why younger people are getting more colon cancer. It may have to do with a toxin ...