microbes
Biotechnology can convert enemy viruses into anti-cancer mercenaries.
Forensic researchers call such places “limited access environments.”
Since our arrival, humans have driven a seven-fold drop in the mass of wild land mammals.
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.
HIV mutates rapidly, which has made the development of a vaccine an enormous challenge for decades. Finally, we might have one.
The antibodies elicited by the “S2 vaccine” not only neutralize COVID’s multiple strains but also coronaviruses that cause the common cold.
It’s simple to make, easy to use, and should work against any variant.
A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat.
The good news is that it can be countered with acne medication.
Two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it.
There’s a fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America.
More than 90% of human faces are home to mites that live in our skin pores. These friendly guests might be merging with us.
A “bio-battery” made from genetically engineered bacteria could store excess renewable energy and release it as needed.
Scientists have discovered enzymes from several plastic-eating bacteria. So, why are our oceans still full of plastic pollution?
This isn’t America’s first rodeo with monkeypox. In 2003, the virus swept across America thanks to a shipment of exotic animals.
Researchers have discovered 830-million-year-old microbes living inside a salt rock on Earth. Could the same occur on Mars?
Some astrobiologists believe life is rare, while others believe it is common in the Universe. How can we find out which view is correct?
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.
Probably not. Even though we’re still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.
Symmetrical objects are less complex than non-symmetrical ones. Perhaps evolution acts as an algorithm with a bias toward simplicity.
Shoving platelet-rich plasma up your nose might restore your sense of smell after COVID. But whether it actually works still needs to be sniffed out.
An emerging field studies parasites that take over the nervous system of a host.
Standard probiotics cannot compare to the diversity that your microbes have.
Intracellular bacteria promote cancer metastasis by enhancing the tumor cells’ resistance to mechanical stress in the bloodstream
Overwashing is bad for skin health, but many people do it anyway. One reason is that our brains intimately associate stink with disgust.
Mutations that confer malaria resistance occur more frequently in people who live in regions where the disease is endemic.
COVID-19 and other microbes have shed light on disease spillover from animals to humans, but we can also spillback disease to wildlife.