Researchers made a “huge breakthrough” when they did an experiment “purely out of curiosity” which solves “a decades-long ...

Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are not like big animals that leave clear signs in the geological record, which thankful palaeontologists can study many millions of years ...

Scientists investigating an alarming rise in bowel cancer in young adults have identified the bacterial toxin colibactin as a ...

One Genome’ mission, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) are ...

A long search beyond the realm of microbes N4-methylcytosine (4mC) is a form of immunity in bacteria, camouflaging their genome from enzymes that degrade foreign sequences by adding a methyl chemical ...

Colon cancer cases have been increasing among younger adults, and now researchers think they've identified a potential ...

Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health. When antibiotics don't work, we risk not being able to treat many types of infections and people who would previously have been cured, can ...

Their specialty lies in decoding patterns of DNA mutations caused by environmental exposures-such as UV radiation and bacterial toxins-and lifestyle behaviors like smoking and drinking. Each factor ...

Monitoring and analyzing gut microbes may help predict how myeloma patients will respond to CAR T-cell therapy, research ...

Scientists report that exposure to colibactin in early childhood imprints a distinct genetic signature on the DNA of colon ...