Just as humans heal from injuries, bacteria survive by repairing their own damaged DNA. A team of Korean researchers has now ...

Researchers from Durham University, Jagiellonian University (Poland) and the John Innes Centre have achieved a breakthrough in understanding DNA gyrase, a vital bacterial enzyme and key antibiotic ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects ...

While CRISPR is probably the most prominent gene-editing technology, there are others, some developed before and since. And people have been developing CRISPR variants to perform more specialized ...

SMART researchers discover novel phage DNA modifications that offer new hope against antibiotic-resistant superbugsA groundbreaking discovery reveals a unique way phages modify their DNA with ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh's Graham Hatfull has developed a method to construct bacteriophages with entirely ...

US researchers have successfully delivered a monoclonal antibody against a severe bacterial infection using DNA—the first time such a platform has been used for a bacterial target. Mice injected with ...

Research institutions around the world house valuable genetic information that could help unlock countless medical mysteries.

Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ...