The evolution of a single gene from the bubonic plague microbe allowed it to survive for centuries — and to this very day ...

In a 2014 Nature paper, Ralston described this awkward process — trogocytosis, or “cell nibbling.” It was a revelation at the ...

Designed as an environmentally friendly, carbon reduction showcase vehicle, the Renault Emblème has taken on the challenge of ...

DNA offers excellent programming properties for the generation of nanometer-scaled polyhedral structures with a broad variety of potential applications. Translation to biomedical applications requires ...

Contributed by Gary Ruvkun, January 4, 2019 (sent for review September 13, 2018; reviewed by Danielle A. Garsin and Emily R. Troemel) ...

Identifying and classifying gene mutations - which are the permanent changes in a person's DNA genetic code - are critical in better understanding, and with research, eventually treating or preventing ...

Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

My search for answers to these stupendously ambitious questions led me, it now seems inexorably, to mitochondria. This idea ...

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been implicated in pulmonary hypertension progression ... 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (5 μg/mL) was used to stain the DNA of cells in each well for 30 minutes. Then, ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that ...

The discovery of recombinant DNA proved that biology, not chemistry alone, could create new medicines like life-saving ...