A study of human populations around the world detects differing rates of horizontal gene transfer in the microbiome depending on what kind of society those people live in.

Rather than getting a gene for its original function, a horizontal gene transfer provides the raw material for evolutionary innovation.

By horizontal gene transfer, an antibacterial gene family has dispersed to a plant, an insect, several fungi, and an archaeon.

Scientists transferred light-harvesting proteins into yeast for the first time, shining a light on the past lives of eukaryotic cells.

Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.

Researchers find so-called integrons, previously known only in bacteria, in their distantly related microbial relatives. 

Engineered bacteria sound the alarm on a common oncogenic mutation.

Vaccination has beaten back infections for more than a century. Now, it may be the next big step in battling cancer.

Uncovering the components used by Aspergillus fumigatus to avoid intracellular destruction broadens our understanding of the mold’s pathogenesis.