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Copying Foreign Genes Helps Bacteria Withstand the Test of Time

Copying Foreign Genes Helps Bacteria Withstand the Test of Time

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Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Tracking how bacteria adopt new genes provides unique insight into their evolution, antibiotic resistance and the creation of useful bacteria in...

TB binding structure

FAS Track to Fighting Antibiotic-Resistant TB

26.11.2018

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Solving the structure of a multi-enzyme bacterial complex may help antibiotics do their job against the deadly disease

biofilm

Storming the Fortress: Cracking the Concrete Surrounding Bacterial Biofilms

21.05.2018

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers suggest a way to breach barriers to antibiotics

Electron micrograph of bacteriophages Image: Dr Graham Beards, Wikimedia Commons

Helpful Bacteria, Harmful Viruses

17.07.2012

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

The beneficial bacteria in our guts are open to attack from viruses

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

24.10.2002

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

‘TWIN SISTER’ MECHANISM PREVENTS FORMATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS

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