The study, published in the latest issue of ’BMC Biology’, demonstrates how disruption of the gut microbiome initiates systemic inflammation in the body ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

University of California San Diego researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for chromothripsis, a process in which ...

Gram-negative bacteria, notorious for their intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms, pose a significant threat to public health. The emergence of ...

For the first time, scientists have cryopreserved and revived the larvae of a sea star species. The breakthrough, made with ...

Two mutated alleles of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene result in the autosomal recessive ...