A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

Scientists have long known that bacterial cells can easily share DNA, and now we know they can share other things too... | ...

Every year, bacteria kill more than a million people worldwide through infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. In ...

When bacteria are under antibiotic attack, it is not "every man for himself." Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and ...

Antibiotic resistance is becoming an accelerating crisis because of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics over many years.

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Bacteria can pass proteins between themselves, which induces a dormant state that helps a small group of them survive ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ protein, which normally forms a donut-shaped structure, must bend and ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent threats to global health, linked to an estimated 4.7 million deaths worldwide ...