A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque may be behind a treatment-resistant form of colorectal cancer, a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature found. Doctor holding a colon anatomy ...

Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These dangerous pathogens are already thought to contribute to the deaths of over 4 million people every year, worldwide. The ...

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A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Gram-positive bacteria show blue or purple after Gram-staining in a laboratory test. They have thick cell walls. Gram-negative bacteria show pink or red on staining and have thin walls. They release ...

It's been generally assumed that RNA molecules and proteins have only limited or transient interactions in cells, like when proteins that can bind to RNA molecules influence the translation of genes, ...

Scientists call for increased vigilance. Researchers raise alarm after discovering new type of bacteria killing dogs in US: ...

A study on the new synthetic cells titled "Living material assembly of bacteriogenic protocells" has been published in the journal Nature. Researchers from the University of Bristol in the United ...

Researchers have found that gargling with an antiseptic mouthwash can reduce so-called 'bad' bacteria in the mouths of patients with type 2 diabetes. Notably, this reduction in bacteria was ...

A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque may be behind a treatment-resistant form of colorectal cancer, a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature found. The particular bacterium, which ...