Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

Of the new recruits, one system from bacteria commonly found in dairy cows shows particular promise for human health. Its ...

So why do we call it CRISPR? Cas proteins are used by bacteria to destroy viral DNA. They add bits of viral DNA to their own genome to guide the Cas proteins, and the odd patterns of these bits of ...

Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering's Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a ...

Professor Rashid Bashir and a research team at the Grainger College of Engineering, Urbana, Illinois have developed a novel ...

CRISPR is based on the immune system that bacteria have developed to thwart viruses. The technique has been described as a “molecular scissor” honed in the battle of bacteria vs. virus over ...

A team of researchers has developed an advanced gene-based diagnostic technology that enables rapid and highly sensitive detection of multi-drug-resistant bacteria and other pathogens, even at ...

This study provides a potentially useful investigation into the positive role of BDNF/TrkB signaling in implanted dental pulp stem cells to enhance dentin regeneration in the context of dental caries.

A team of researchers has developed a new gene-based technology that offers rapid, highly sensitive detection of multi-dru ...

Of the new recruits, one system from bacteria commonly found in dairy cows shows particular promise for human health. Its efficiency is on par with the original and most widely used CRISPR-Cas ...