Genes in the nucleus of the host cell have now replaced their functions. Nowack: "These fundamental findings help us understand how an organelle evolves from a bacterium. Using this mechanism, it may ...

The production of many therapies based on monoclonal antibodies relies on Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells. Unfortunately, these cells also make host cell proteins (HCPs), which can make a drug less ...

Parasitic infections pose challenges to creating effective therapies because these microorganisms are eukaryotic, like the humans and animals that they infect. Additionally, species like Toxoplasma ...

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their potential use in a host of biotechnological processes to benefit humankind, from ...

Researchers at MIT and other institutions have identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds, they believe, could be used ...

Scientists take bacteria, implant DNA made in the lab. May 20, 2010— -- It may not quite be "Frankenstein," but for the first time scientists have created an organism controlled by completely ...