microbiology

Cohesin mutations cause dysregulations in alternative splicing, contributing to tumor initiation and progression, a study finds. 

Machine learning can be harnessed to synthesize artificial light-bearing enzymes that actually work in cells.

Researchers dissect the Neanderthal-derived region on chromosome 3 that drives severe COVID-19 to zero in on the key causal variants.

Levels of health-promoting gut bacteria are linked with severity of fatigue symptoms, a study finds.

Syphilis is among the oldest known sexually-transmitted infections. Scientists still struggle to detect and treat it.

Researchers identify hundreds of candidate histone proteins in bacteria, including one with an unusual way of binding to DNA.

A study employing CRISPR/Cas9 to explore the evolutionary beginnings of some giant viruses finds evidence their large genomes arose from gene duplications.

A new microrobot uses algae to transport antibiotics into the lungs of mice with pneumonia.

Microscopic algae dotted with drug-filled nanoparticles may offer a more effective means of treatment than traditional delivery methods.

Altering the rate of respiration in mitochondria changes how fast neurons grow, making mouse neurons grow more like human ones and vice versa, a study finds.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae with pathogenic genes replaced by biofilm-degrading ones enhance survival in a mouse model of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

A method for culturing the infectious stage of the Plasmodium lifecycle could increase malaria vaccine production efficiency by tenfold, study authors say.

By engineering structures out of DNA, scientists could potentially prevent larger viruses, like coronaviruses and influenza viruses, from interacting with cells.

Researchers use blue light therapy to treat infected burn wounds.