A multi-lab team led by Gladstone Institutes has successfully adapted retron-based genome editing—previously limited to E. coli—for use in 14 additional bacterial species across three major branches ...

The ability to precisely edit the genomes of bacteria has long been a goal of microbiologists. Such technology would enable ...

A new study finds that bacteria can actively block the transfer of beneficial genes to neighboring cells, using specialized ...

New research shows that the nuclease domain of the E. coli RecBCD helicase plays a key role in regulating DNA binding and the extent of base pair melting during double-strand break repair. Deleting ...

Scientists have just discovered an entirely new way that DNA can be synthesized. The business of constructing DNA ...

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is working in tandem with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate a recent E. coli outbreak that is impacting multiple states, including Texas ...

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli in multiple states, including Florida, that appears to be linked to raw cheese products. Over half of the reported cases ...

Federal health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to cheddar cheese made from raw milk after at least seven people in three states, including young children, have been sickened.

Consumers are being warned to check their refrigerators after more than 22,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled due to possible E. coli contamination. According to the notice posted by the U.S.

Health officials knew the Arizona State Fair was the source of an E. coli outbreak weeks before publicly confirming it. A lack of hand-washing stations at the petting zoo exhibit has prompted calls ...