The El Niño drought and heat suppress the capacity of the Amazon rainforest soil to absorb isoprene by a factor of four, while boosting its amount around the forest canopy.
Rather than vaccinating people or pets against Lyme disease, researchers are targeting the “reservoir hosts” — small mammals like squirrels, chipmunks and white-footed mice — that naturally carry the bacterium and pass it to ticks.
Researchers have now developed a powerful new tool that accelerates microbial evolution. Their study introduces RAMPAGE, a programmable system that continuously generates genetic diversity across the genome of the industrial yeast P. pastoris.
Actinobacteria are a major source of bioactive natural products and exhibit an unusually high transcription factor (TF) abundance. A new study reports the development of Actinobacteria Transcription Factor Database integrating 629 TFs from 25 representative species.
A probiotic bacterium secretes mannose—that significantly suppresses melanoma growth in mice by activating the body’s own immune defenses. Mannose enters CD8⁺ T cells through glucose transporters and inhibits a key protein called YAP1, which normally restrains T-cell killing power.
A single-shot vaccine in development could protect against flu, COVID-19 and RSV simultaneously. In a study, researchers found that their three-in-one vaccine triggered protective immunity against all three respiratory diseases in mice, ferrets and cotton rats.
The El Niño drought and heat suppress the capacity of the Amazon rainforest soil to absorb isoprene by a factor of four, while boosting its amount around the forest canopy.
Rather than vaccinating people or pets against Lyme disease, researchers are targeting the “reservoir hosts” — small mammals like squirrels, chipmunks and white-footed mice — that naturally carry the bacterium and pass it to ticks.
Researchers have now developed a powerful new tool that accelerates microbial evolution. Their study introduces RAMPAGE, a programmable system that continuously generates genetic diversity across the genome of the industrial yeast P. pastoris.
At ASM Microbe 2026, Bruker Corporation’s Microbiology & Infection Diagnostics (BMID) division demonstrated its expanding portfolio and innovations across microbial identification, sepsis diagnostics, molecular testing, and NGS workflows, advancing clinical research, and faster, actionable infectious disease diagnostics.
Andelyn Biosciences has announced the launch of its LVV Curator® Platform, a standardized lentiviral vector (LVV) manufacturing solution built on the same proven modular approach that supports clinical and commercial adeno-associated virus (AAV) programs.
Modular Clean Air (MCA) is now wholly owned by Total Clean Air (TCA), marking the next phase in its development following its successful launch as a joint venture in 2025.
A single-shot vaccine in development could protect against flu, COVID-19 and RSV simultaneously. In a study, researchers found that their three-in-one vaccine triggered protective immunity against all three respiratory diseases in mice, ferrets and cotton rats.
Researchers identify a novel SRV2 envelope protein that serves as a key to unlock immune cells, enabling more efficient delivery of anticancer genes and improving the production and therapeutic performance of CAR immune cells.
The development of new antibiotics could be sped up thanks to a new tool that tests the reliability of AI. Researchers designed a framework to address the global threat of antimicrobial resistance, testing whether AI can provide reliable reasoning during antibiotic development.
The Fleming Initiative has received support from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including up to several million pounds worth of cloud and AI technology, as well as technical support, for the Initiative’s global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) intelligence platform.
The gut microbiome could hold important clues as to how IBD develops and progresses – and which treatment is best suited to individual patients.
An intriguing free webinar this July will explore what happens when key members of the human gut microbiome are lost, and what we can learn from populations where this loss has not occurred.