AbstractBackground and objectives. Life history enlightened therapies (LHETs) were originally developed in cancer to combat therapeutic resistance by targe

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Nature Reviews Genetics - Bacterial genome evolution is shaped by epistasis, which can constrain or promote specific evolutionary paths. The authors review how integrating the effects of epistatic...

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npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Predicting drug inactivation by changes in bacterial growth dynamics

Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests

Molecular biology; Microbiology; Cell biology

This Perspective discusses the concept, mechanisms and evidence for memory in bacteria at individual and community levels.

For life to emerge on Earth, peptides must first have formed without the aid of enzymes — but how? Reactions of sulfur-containing molecules might have been key.

Uncurbed exponential proliferation might not always be required for genetically modified microorganisms, and might even cause unpredictable liabilities in their behavior and impact. We therefore const...

Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoning, says Shada Islam, a commentator on EU affairs

Programme – SESBE 2026

This Review provides an overview of modern mechanistic theories and critically examines two main groups of ageing theories—error and program based—in the context of ageing patterns, genetic manipulati...

Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

Regional differences in drug resistance genes in one type of Salmonella bacteria may help scientists develop new treatment or prevention approaches in humans.