Observatory: When Bacteria Transfer Genes to Invertebrates and Spread From There
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Scienctists have discovered widespread transfer of bacterial genes into the genome of numerous invertebrates.
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Scientists have taken a first step toward making synthetic life by transferring genetic material from one bacterium into another, transforming the second microbe into a copy of the first.
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Synthetic biology turns a bacteriophage into an E. coli eliminator.
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Researchers say they have created the entire genome of a bacterium by stitching together its chemical components.
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BERKELEY, CA âWant biodiversity? Look no further than the air around you. It could be teeming with more than 1,800 types of bacteria, according to a first-of-its-kind census of airborne microbes recently conducted by scientists from the U.S.
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Researchers have transformed one bacterial species into another by swapping their genomes, a move that will accelerate the race to develop custom-built synthetic bugs, a pioneer on genetics has said.
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Genetics pioneer Craig Venter has news from the frontiers of biology.
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UK researchers have developed a way of using light to detect the presence of bacteria.
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Systems biologists are pushing the envelope of preventive medicine through research centered on the interactions of the thousands of pieces of DNA, RNA and proteins that network together in each cell of our body. By Rowan Hooper.
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Scientists said yesterday they had transplanted a microbe's entire, tangled mass of DNA into a closely related organism, a delicate operation that cleanly transformed the recipient from one species into the other.
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Scientists say the results represent a new stage in synthetic biology.
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New technologies will shed light on how beneficial bacteria might help our health.
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In incubation rooms filled with the smell of cornmeal and molasses, Indiana University biologists nurture millions of fruit flies from squirming larvae to winged adults.
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A new way to use DNA sequencers could be the biggest thing to hit science since the microscope.
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The bacterium that causes ulcers and contributes to stomach cancers uses a clever interaction between two genes to randomly tighten and loosen its grip on the stomach, according to a study by researchers at ...
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German scientists are using a new computational method to analyze DNA taken from microorganisms that make up more than a third of the Earth's biomass.
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Engineered E. coli proves efficient at churning out the biofuel.