Protein biosynthesis—the process whereby cells produce protein molecules, which are essential for life and growth—is a highly ...

Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for cells ...

Computer simulations highlight how bacteria slow their growth to avoid overcrowding, a behavior that may inform pathogen ...

An experimental bacteria-derived biopesticide is highly effective in killing malaria-carrying mosquitoes, including those that have developed resistance to chemical pesticides, according to initial ...

Adding to the ever-growing list of newly discovered bacterial immune systems, we have characterized the mechanisms of an ...

The abundant and varied microbial communities within the human gastrointestinal tract play a crucial role in influencing both ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — With the rapid development of antibiotics in the 1930s, phage therapy -- using viruses known as bacteriophages or phages to tackle bacterial infections -- fell into oblivion.

Researchers led by Dr. Imen Nouioui and Prof. Dr. Yvonne Mast from the Department Bioresources for Bioeconomy and Health ...

Scientists synchronise bacterial motion Researchers at TU Delft have discovered that E. coli bacteria can synchronise their ...

The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we ...

Within a cell, DNA carries the genetic code for building proteins. To build proteins, the cell makes a copy of DNA, called ...