An investigation into cellular components in bacteria has unexpectedly uncovered a feature with relevance across many life ...

Scientists from Turkey have designed a next-generation implantable biosensor using genetically engineered E. coli for ...

This year, gene-editing technology was customized to fix mutations in a single patient’s genes for the first time.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also ...

Life on Earth began simply. For billions of years, tiny microbes ruled the planet. Then, one day in deep time, something changed. Cells gained a nucleus, built inner compartments and learned to ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...