A team of researchers has developed a smarter way to detect fecal contamination in water using viral DNA from human waste.

Worldwide, more than 500,000 children under age 5 die each year from gastrointestinal bacterial infections, largely in ...

The research is on plasmids, small, circular strands of DNA, that allow bacteria to share genes rapidly, and carry genes ...

The Senate's annual Farm Act is trying to close loopholes that allow sales of unpasteurized milk in North Carolina, with the ...

New research has connected toxins produced by E. coli bacteria to the types of colorectal cancer tumors more likely to affect ...

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...

Human E. coli levels in Burnet Woods Park exceed safety threshold after sewer overflow. Public health risk highlighted by UC research team.

A toxin produced by E. coli may be driving rates of bowel cancer in young people in the United Kingdom, scientists have discovered.Experts believe the finding could help explain why rates of bowel ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the ...

E.Coli bacteria were detected in water samples from Anjara Homes in Greater Noida, following a health scare where over 400 ...

Antibiotic resistance poses a growing global health crisis, and researchers are turning to evolutionary biology for solutions ...

While red and processed meat have been linked to an increased risk of the disease, poultry had, until now, been considered a ...