An unexpected find has enabled important progress to be made in the battle against harmful bacteria. An international team of researchers, led by Professor Peter Fineran from the University of Otago, ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...

Humans can benefit significantly from symbiotic relationships with probiotics - live bacteria and microorganisms that influence the gut microbiota. When consumed in appropriate amounts, probiotics can ...

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One such defence are "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats", or CRISPR, now better known for its applications in medicine and biotechnology. CRISPR systems in general act as ...

Call it a CRISPR conundrum. Bacteria use CRISPR-Cas systems as adaptive immune systems to withstand attacks from enemies like viruses. These systems have been adapted by scientists to remove or cut ...

NEW YORK, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ancilia Biosciences, Inc., (Ancilia Bio), a biotechnology company harnessing the natural power of CRISPR to create bacterial therapies and products with ...