It’s become more and more common to see federal agencies targeting IU biology faculty and researchers over the past year. At ...

From the first unzip of the double helix to the final joining of DNA fragments, replication is a carefully coordinated process. Understanding it helps explain how life preserves its genetic code with ...

A multi-lab team led by Gladstone Institutes has successfully adapted retron-based genome editing—previously limited to E. coli—for use in 14 additional bacterial species across three major branches ...

The ability to precisely edit the genomes of bacteria has long been a goal of microbiologists. Such technology would enable scientists to make new inroads into studying disease, developing sustainable ...

A Chinese researcher was sentenced to more than four months in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling Escherichia coli (E. coli) into the United States, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A former Indiana University researcher was sentenced to more than four months in prison for smuggling E. coli DNA from China, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A former postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University is being deported after pleading guilty to smuggling biologic materials into the United States from China. Youhuang Xiang, 32, of ...

A former biology researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington has pleaded guilty to using women’s underwear shipments to smuggle E. coli bacteria DNA into the United States from China, federal ...

INDIANA, USA — A former post-doctoral biology researcher at Indiana University was sentenced after pleading guilty to smuggling biological materials into the United States from China. Youhuang Xiang, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An E. coli outbreak has infected at least nine people, including seven in California. The FDA has tied the ...

More people have fallen ill, and at least one individual has developed a serious complication amid an ongoing outbreak linked to raw dairy products. More cases of E. coli poisoning, a foodborne ...