A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
The majority of human melanomas contain mutations in a gene promoter, suggesting mutations in regulatory regions may spur some cancers.
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
Tumor cells rapidly divide by usurping a metabolic trick from normal cell development.
Scientists use virus-free gene therapy on patient-derived stem cells to repair spinal muscular atrophy in mice.
Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Researchers uncover weekly and monthly rhythms of sodium retention and excretion in participants of space simulations.
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
Archaea packages DNA around histones in a similar way to eukaryotes, suggesting that fitting a large genome into a small space was not the original role of chromatin.