A team of researchers led by Karina Xavier has uncovered a promising new live biotherapeutic agent that may redefine how the ...

A new scientific review has uncovered how complex microbial communities, including those in the human gut and the natural environment, act as powerful engines that drive the evolution and spread of ...

Antibiotic resistance is a major global health threat, complicating the treatment of common infections. This PhD thesis explored how antibiotic resistance spreads beyond the farm environment, linking ...

By Henry A. Onwubiko“A nation that cannot control its own seeds cannot decide its destiny.” –Captain Ibrahim Troure Genetic engineering, the manipulation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the hereditary ...

Indiana University researcher Youhuang Xiang was charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States and making false statements after he allegedly requested and received a package of ...

A team of researchers led by Karina Xavier has uncovered a promising new live biotherapeutic agent that may redefine how the medical field approaches microbiota-based therapies. Their study, published ...

Analyzing stochastic cell-to-cell variability can potentially reveal causal interactions in gene regulatory networks.

This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...

A research team shows that environmentally relevant antibiotic levels can greatly accelerate the spread of antibiotic resistance genes.A research ...

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An NIH scientist’s maverick approach reveals legal, ethical, moral, scientific and social challenges to developing potentially life-saving vaccines.