When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key repair process called homologous recombination, the cell uses loops in its ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key repair process called ...

Antibiotics are no longer able to treat infections as effectively as they once did because many pathogens have developed ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and ...

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

It was thought that complex cells couldn’t survive above a certain temperature, but a tiny amoeba has proven that assumption ...

"Sporosarcina secretes natural polymers that nurture mineral growth and strengthen regolith, turning loose soil into solid, concrete-like material," the spokesperson writes. "We envision this ...

The microbes inside our bodies not only help break down food but also impact our health. Yet their precise influence is not ...