Evo’s success wasn’t limited to proteins. When they tested a different toxin that had an RNA-based inhibitor, the system ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

This study provides useful insights into addressing the question of whether the prevalence of autoimmune disease could be driven by sex differences in the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire, correlating ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

Recent research has delved deep into the manifold ways in which diet can affect gut health throughout a person's life. Here ...

Microplastics gather drug resistant bacteria as they move through water, allowing microbes to spread from polluted sites into ...

High-resolution structures explain the mechanism of human PNPase and provide insights into mutations causing hereditary ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified previously unknown genetic mechanisms that promote antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhea, findings that may inform the development of more effective ...

Cambridge brainpower across a raft of specialisms has been recognised through major funding from the European Union’s Horizon ...

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...

This paper aims to critique the argument constructed by Anna Smajdor and Joona Räsänen that pregnancy is a disease. Their argument that pregnancy fits the features of disease they enumerate stems from ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...