Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

The Lab Report: Every week, the Lab Report takes a deep dive into the (research) lives of students and professors outside the classroom. When a population of bacteria is large enough, individual ...

What if there were a way to make proteins, enzymes and reagents right in the lab, in small amounts, on demand? Microscopic images of E.coli bacteria. Image courtesy of the Center for Disease Control.

After decades of effort, scientists have figured out the dirty little secret to growing a common stomach bug in the lab. Bacteria found in feces help the diarrhea-causing, vomit-triggering norovirus ...

Being able to grow the elusive and poorly understood bacterium, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), will make it easier for researchers to find treatments for the disease that has destroyed ...

AMES, Iowa – Research teams led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have described the structures of two proteins they believe pump antibiotics from bacteria, allowing the ...