"Mirror bacteria" being made in labs could be a looming risk to the health of humanity, scientists have warned. These ...

While the technology to create these organisms is still years away, many are worried about the impact of mirror bacteria.

Experts sounded an alarm about the potentially lethal risks of creating mirror bacteria, synthetic organisms in which the ...

Soil plays a much bigger role in the spread of antibiotic resistance than one might imagine. Surprisingly, the ground beneath ...

In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that live in and on us. | Microbiology ...

The researchers say that there is no imminent threat. However, the article published in Science and a 300-page technical ...

If these shapes were reflected — as they would ... Transmission via animals and humans could enable the spread of such bacteria into different ecosystems. Jones, an expert in plant immune ...

Viruses that infect and kill bacteria, called phages, hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including ...

Pathogens have distinct electrical charges, shapes and sizes. Measuring how quickly they move through an electric field can help researchers separate different ... types of bacteria in a very ...