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A study published in Nature Communications from researchers at the University of Geneva and Baylor College of Medicine show the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum uses antimicrobial defense systems akin to...

In a trio of coordinated papers recently published in Science and Cell, researchers have shown strong evidence that the makeup of a young child’s gut microbiome could have significant influence on their...

In a study published recently in the journal Science, researchers from MIT, NYU, and the University of Colorado demonstrated potential causative evidence that severe inflammation in a pregnant mother can...

A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine documents the lasting effects of survival from the Ebola virus, including muscle pains, nerve damage, and vision loss. Ebola, a single stranded negative...

Cidara Therapeutics, an antimicrobial development company out of San Diego, California, has recently reported positive Phase I results of a novel antifungal agent, CD101 IV. CD101 IV is a small molecule...

A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that much of the signature taste in wines from various regions of the globe can be attributed to the strains of yeast that live on the grapes, and subsequently...

A study published this week in Cell Host and Microbe from a research team out of China and the US has shown that in children, telltale oral microorganisms can be prognosticators for progression of dental...

Ginkgo Bioworks, a bioengineering company out of Boston, Massachusetts, has just signed a deal with the Japanese company Ajinomoto.  Ajinomoto, a producer of food ingredients such as seasonings, sauces,...

Reporting in the prestigious journal Science this week, researchers from Stanford University have expanded on their previous work to show that yeast engineered with biotechnological methods can produce...

In a systematic review of six in-person trials in Asian populations, the Cochrane Upper GI and Pancreatic Diseases Group showed that antibiotics given to individuals testing positive for Helicobacter pylori...