Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Almost a dozen people have died this year in the Southeast after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus ...

Every year, bacteria kill more than a million people worldwide through infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. In ...

As synthetic biologists, we have spent the last few decades in awe of the breakthroughs in the field. In the last fifteen years, synthetic biologists have stored books, images, and even videos in DNA, ...

As summer heatwaves push sea temperatures to record highs, a little-known bacterium could be thriving in Europe's coastal ...

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The new study represents the first known bacteriological assessment of this scale in sharks and rays in Brazil, and its findings highlight the urgent need for more research in this area. Sharks and ...

Nightmare bacteria are very much the stuff of waking life. These microbes pose a “triple threat” to humanity because they are “resistant to all or nearly all antibiotics,” they have “high mortality ...

Elevated levels of bacteria are more likely to be present in stormwater swashes after heavy rainfall. What to know before ...

Antibiotic resistance is becoming an accelerating crisis because of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics over many years.