Microbiology

Researchers have genetically engineered a probiotic yeast to produce beta-carotene in the guts of laboratory mice. The advance demonstrates the utility of work the researchers have done to detail how a suite of genetic engineering tools…

Vascular smooth muscle-derived Trpv1+ progenitors have found to be a source of cold-induced "brown fat" BOSTON - (April 12, 2021) - A new source of energy expending brown fat cells has been uncovered by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes…

Researchers from Osaka University identify a novel way of how a common bacterium can learn to live within the human stomachCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Humans are exposed to many types of bacteria daily, the…

Credit: Huimin Ye An international team of scientists led by microbiologists Professor Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna and Professor David Schleheck from the University of Konstanz has uncovered new metabolic capabilities…

Study in mice shows lasting effects of early-life habitsCredit: Marcell Cadney/UCR Exercise and a healthy diet in childhood leads to adults with bigger brains and lower levels of anxiety, according to new UC Riverside research in…

Credit: ©Matt Kapust Below the verdant surface and organic rich soil, life extends kilometers into Earth's deep rocky crust. The continental deep subsurface is likely one of the largest reservoirs of bacteria and archaea on Earth, many…

This transport system may be widespread across many Gram-positive bacteria that contain proteins in the WXG100 superfamily. Tuberculosis kills 1 million people each year.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Six years ago, Michael…

Credit: © Nicolas Dray, Laure Mancini and Laure Bally-Cuif, Institut Pasteur In all adult vertebrates, neural stem cells can be recruited to produce new neurons in the brain. However, little is known about these so-called "activation"…

Credit: Photo by Duane Moser, Desert Research Institute. It's like something out of science fiction. Research led by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has revealed that a group of microbes, which feed off chemical reactions…

Credit: Dr. Ben Mueller Researchers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa, University of British Columbia (UBC), San Diego State University (SDSU), and elsewhere have created 3D molecular maps of bacteria, viruses,…

Credit: © Terence Strick The Mfd protein repairs bacterial DNA, but can also, to scientists' surprise, promote mutation. Bacterial mutations can lead to antibiotic resistance. Understanding this second "role" of the Mfd…

Social isolation results in changes of behavior and activity of immune and stress genesCredit: photo/©: Susanne Foitzik, JGU Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals. A study by an…

Researchers at the University of Münster discover how cell contacts are dynamically remodelled during egg development in fruit flies / Study published in "Developmental Cell"Credit: Isasti-Sanchez et al./Dev Cell 2021 Within…

Credit: Jennifer Geib While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers from Uppsala University discovered a new species. They named it Bombus incognitus and present their findings in the journal…

Credit: University of Southampton New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the protein spike of the SARS-CoV-19…

Credit: Dr. Devarajan Foodborne disease outbreaks linked to the consumption of fresh produce have caused farmers to re-evaluate their practices. A recent analysis of a 27-year experiment comparing organic and conventional soil…

The project will feature expertise in advanced imaging, bioenergetics and data science and will address diseases such as cancer, diabetes, mitochondrial disorders and obesity.Credit: University Relations / University of Arkansas A…

Researchers begin to decipher the composition and function of sea urchin microbiomes Sea urchins receive a lot of attention in California. Red urchins support a thriving fishery, while their purple cousins are often blamed for mowing down…

Researchers from UNIGE have discovered a very small protein in Drosophila that plays a key role in how females select the semen that will fertilize its eggs when it mates with several malesCredit: © Robert Maeda Even a…

In addition to smoothing out wrinkles, researchers have found that the drug Botox can reveal the inner workings of the brain. A new study used it to show that feedback from individual nerve cells controls the release of dopamine, a…