Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

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A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

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Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified previously unknown genetic mechanisms that promote antimicrobial resistance ...

The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...

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Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes ...

The recovery of ancient RNA from a woolly mammoth preserved in Siberian permafrost has offered scientists a rare look into the workings of an animal that lived nearly forty thousand years ago. RNA ...