Scientists at Stanford University have discovered that DRT3, a unique defense system found in bacteria, creates DNA to ...

Antibiotic resistance is making bacterial infections harder to treat, demanding new therapeutic strategies. A new review ...

A new study finds that bacteria can actively block the transfer of beneficial genes to neighboring cells, using specialized ...

Rice bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, remains a major threat to global food security. Over the past decades, genetic research has elucidated the complex interplay between ...

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)—segments of DNA that help bacteria survive the effects of antibiotics—can be present in ...

Storing genetic material as DNA or RNA is all well and good for life on Earth, but it would be entirely pointless if we ...

A familiar compound found in everyday foods may hold unexpected potential in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotics can destroy many types of bacteria, but increasingly, bacterial pathogens are gaining resistance to many commonly used types. As the threat of antibiotic resistance looms large, ...

No matter how much they brush their teeth, some people still get more cavities than others, in part because of differences in genetics and the make-up of the microbes in their mouths. A new study has ...

Years before the tremors start, before a neurologist ever enters the picture, something may already be shifting in the gut. A ...