Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...

A new study shows that the human gut microbiota can pinpoint whether an adult lives in Wuhan or Shiyan, two cities 500 km apart in China's Hubei Province, with 94% accuracy. This microbial signature ...

"Colistin resistance in K. pneumoniae is often associated with high morbidity and mortality, especially in critically ill patients, and its spread poses a serious challenge to treatment options across ...

From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history ...

People with anxiety or depression show distinct patterns in their gut bacteria, and commonly prescribed psychiatric ...

A genomic neighbor typing method uses nanopore sequencing to predict antibiotic resistance in approximately 10 minutes from ...

The system involves two key components. CRISPR RNA is a molecule that guides the system to the specific DNA sequence that ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

A population-based study led by the University of Turku, Finland, investigated factors associated with the prevalence of antibiotic resistance. In addition to antibiotic use, diet, gender, living ...

The UCSF community is saddened at the passing of former UCSF faculty member William Rutter, PhD, whose collaborative and ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

The era of bio-digital convergence is upon us two decades after it was first predicted, and the merging of biology and ...