Scientists have discovered a way to control mutation rates in bacteria, paving the way for new strategies to combat antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics are given to kill bad bacteria, however with just ...

The researchers cultivate highly productive bacteria by increasing the mutation rate with room temperature plasma irradiation, and then tweak the fermentation process to best suit these optimal ...

Scientists have discovered a way to control mutation rates in bacteria, paving the way for new strategies to combat antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics are given to kill bad bacteria; however ...

In bacteria, mutations in plasmids can accumulate surprisingly fast. What does this mean for us humans, who have to fight with these new antibiotic resistant strains? Now, say that a few days ...

Studying the function, rate, type and distribution of point mutations can therefore give us insights into the evolutionary pressures on bacterial pathogens.

Antibiotic resistance is fueled either by new bacterial mutations or by acquiring resistance genes from other bacteria. A team of researchers recently published a report on a drug that ...

County health officials have identified what appears to be a strain unique to Los Angeles amid a spike in drug-resistant ...

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Precise derivation of bacterial mutation rates will enable better identification of pathogen transmissions and outbreaks ...

Columbia researchers developed probiotic bacteria that train the immune system to eliminate cancer cells, paving the way for ...

coli. Researchers found out that the rate of mutation varied according to how many of the bacteria there were. Surprisingly, they discovered that more bacteria gave fewer mutations. Meanwhile more ...

Because microbes are always mutating, some random mutation eventually will protect ... Our immune systems will cure many minor bacterial infections on their own, if given the chance, and ...