The CRISPR-Cas gene-editing system has long been the focus of research as a promising tool in genome editing. However, the emphasis has been on its underlying mechanisms and nucleases. In contrast, ...

A single protein bolted to the inner membrane of a bacterial cell can shred a virus’s DNA before that genetic material ever reaches the interior. That is the central finding behind SNIPE, a newly ...

The microbial arms race, in which bacteria battle with each other, viruses, and other organisms for space and nutrients, has ...

A diagram of the DRT3 system, showing Drt3a in yellow and Drt3b in blue. (Hyunbin Lee) Scientists have just discovered an ...

As antibiotic resistance accelerates, ESKAPE pathogens reveal how hospital superbugs survive treatment, spread across ...

Scientists have taken an important step toward a gene therapy that could one day turn off the extra genetic material that causes Down syndrome (DS). Down syndrome is a genetic condition caused by an ...

Bread and biscuits made from Crispr-edited wheat showed substantially reduced acrylamide levels Scientists have developed gene-edited wheat that can be used to make bread that is less carcinogenic ...

What if the Trojan horse had been pulled to pieces, revealing the ruse and fending off the invasion, just as it entered the gates of Troy? That's an apt description of a newly characterized bacterial ...

Bacteriophages, also known as phages, are viruses that specifically infect bacteria and destroy host cells through lysis after their replication. Because they do not infect human cells, they are a ...