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 ...

Scientists have long known that bacteria come in many shapes and sizes, but understanding what those differences mean has ...

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