Probiotics and antibiotics create a killer combination
Delivered together, the two join forces to eradicate drug-resistant bacteria.
Delivered together, the two join forces to eradicate drug-resistant bacteria.
Researchers identify an essential protein that helps enzymes relax overtwisted DNA so each strand can be copied during cell division.
Model of nutrient recycling may explain longstanding mystery.
Screen of human proteins reveals some with antimicrobial power.
A new daughter helped Alejandra Falla PhD ’18 gain perspective on life — and her tiny MIT regalia stole the show at Commencement.
Nanoparticles could offer a new way to help eradicate the disease worldwide.
MIT professor sees many “big, deep questions in biology” that benefit from study by both physicists and life scientists.
With aid of computer algorithm, researchers develop peptides more powerful than those found in nature.
Network tracks the evolution of microbial communities in sourdough starter mixtures shared around the world.
Interactions among microorganisms account for nitrite accumulation just below the sunlit zone, with implications for oceanic carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Scientists conclude methane-producing microbes date back 3.5 billion years, supporting the hypothesis that they could have contributed to early global warming.
New discovery suggests that all life may share a common design principle.
Synthetic biologist hopes to develop treatments for cancer and other diseases.
A new special subject, Agricultural Microbial Ecology, takes students to Israel.
The unusual characteristics of these abundant, bacteria-killing viruses could lead to evolutionary insights.