Bacteria possess unique traits with great potential for benefiting society. However, current genetic engineering methods to harness these advantages are limited to a small fraction of bacterial ...

Pushing into a new chapter of technologically advanced biological sensors, scientists from the University of California San Diego and their colleagues in Australia have engineered bacteria that can ...

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability A new CRISPR-Cas toolkit, dubbed “pAblo·pCasso”, is set to transform the landscape of bacterial genome editing, ...

Scientists at Imperial College London have successfully engineered bacteria to produce animal-free and plastic-free leather that can dye itself. This new approach marks a major advancement for ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and while the introduction of widespread screening has reduced mortality, current screening techniques have their ...

Microbiologists have long known that ancient, inactive viruses known as cryptic prophages can insert their genetic material into bacterial DNA. These genetic fragments allow bacteria to use ...

Scientists are exploring the potential of electricity-generating bacteria to revolutionize the US green energy landscape. These bacteria, capable of “spitting” electricity, could become a cornerstone ...

Creating new technologically advanced sensors, scientists have engineered bacteria that detect the presence of tumor DNA in live organisms. Their innovation could pave the way to new biosensors ...