Official records show 164 people in the US were infected with the disease between 1962 and 2023, of which only four survived.

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Mycoplasma contamination poses several risks to cell physiology, including interfering with DNA and RNA synthesis, inducing ...

Paleontologists unearthed fossils in the Grand Canyon dating back more than 500 million years that offer a new look into a ...

In an unexpected twist in the fight against cancer, humble kitchen bacteria and a plant best known for sweetening tea could ...

The plant is a brainchild of a Parisian startup. Scientists used gene-modifying technologies and a chemical-eating bacterium ...

Chemical chatter from resident bacteria in the gut can hit the brain and nervous system in real time, shaping behavior and ...

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures. Specifically, the same RNA molecule ...

In a major advance, researchers have successfully corrected genetic mutations in neurons with a single injection into the ...

Jaysen Carr,12, tragically died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a popular South Carolina ...

Researchers have discovered a novel gut-brain sensory circuit in mice where specialized colonic cells sense bacterial flagellin and rapidly suppress feeding via the vagus nerve. This "neurobiotic ...