It sounds like science fiction — and until 2012, the ability to cheaply and easily edit strings of DNA was exactly that. But as it turns out, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing is a completely natural function ...

Streptococcus pyogenes, which is often called group A Streptococcus, infects people around the world. While estimates vary, these infections could be responsible for the deaths of over half a million ...

Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A Strep). Credit - NIAID, CC SA 2.0. Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A Strep). Credit - NIAID, CC SA 2.0. Countries across the globe are reporting a sustained spike in the ...

Streptococcus pyogenes is a pus-producing bacteria behind over 700 million infections per year. They also cause the infection most commonly known as strep throat. But are antibiotics the best way to ...

Infectious disease scientists identified strains of group A streptococcus that are less susceptible to commonly used antibiotics, a sign that the germ causing strep throat and flesh-eating disease may ...

A rare, deadly, flesh-eating bacteria is on the rise in Japan, with hundreds of people infected. Over 1,000 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) were reported in Japan in the first six ...