The bacterium Segatella copri is one of the most common inhabitants of the human gut. In their latest study, researchers at ...

Legumes like soybeans, alfalfa, peas, beans, peanuts and many more have a remarkable ability: They can partner with soil ...

New marker in gut bacteria reveals early risk of Parkinson's disease before symptoms appear and paves the way for prevention ...

The research, published on April 24th, 2026, in Nature Microbiology, describes how the new tool, called TRAnsmision ...

A new study finds that bacteria can actively block the transfer of beneficial genes to neighboring cells, using specialized proteins to specifically destroy shared DNA before it spreads. This ...

A blood pressure drug has the potential to combat one of the most common, difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, according ...

Scientist and medical technology entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The ...

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

TRACS is a new genomic tool that distinguishes closely related microbial strains, enabling accurate tracking of pathogen and ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has long been treated as a disease of the brain and spinal cord. A study published in May 2026 ...

A major collaboration involving nine labs, led by scientists at Gladstone Institutes, has transferred a particularly useful ...