Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Bacteria get invaded by viruses called phages.Scientists are studying how bacteria use CRISPR to defend themselves from ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific genes play in many diseases. But to date this ...

In an era of climate uncertainty, population growth, and globalized supply chains, ensuring food safety has become one of ...

Professor Rashid Bashir and a research team at the Grainger College of Engineering, Urbana, Illinois have developed a novel ...

Dutch scientists at Leiden University’s medical centre have discovered the genetic variation which protects against type 1 diabetes, bringing a cure for the disease a step closer. The discovery, ...

Somewhat predictably, EFSA found "no new potential hazards, and thus, no new risks to humans, animals, or the environment are anticipated" from the use of these techniques in animals, beyond those ...

A team of scientists has unveiled a gene-based diagnostic technology capable of detecting multi-drug-resistant bacteria and ...

Aude Bernheim is a microbiologist studying how bacteria defend against viruses. She earned her PhD at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, researching CRISPR-Cas evolution, and completed a postdoc at the ...

Rashid Bashir, a Bioengineering Professor and Dean of the Grainger College of Engineering oversaw a group of researchers in a project that produced new technology that provides quick, extremely ...

Advancements in genome editing, particularly CRISPR, are reshaping precision biology, driving innovations in medicine, agriculture, and synthetic biology.