Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using ...

We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research ...

How do bacteria - harmless ones living in our bodies, or those that cause disease - organize their activities? A new study, combining powerful genomic-scale microscopy with a technical innovation, ...

Antibiotic resistance continues to be a worldwide problem. Researchers are use AI computer modeling to help design new compounds. The Conversation — Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health ...

In 1933, geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating that genes exist on chromosomes, which are passed down from parent to offspring. Ninety-one years ...

Vermicomposting earthworms help turn manure into organic fertilizer, representing a potential tool against antibiotic ...