Researchers use directed evolution to create a bacterial strain that substitutes a synthetic base for thymine.
Researchers use directed evolution to create a bacterial strain that substitutes a synthetic base for thymine.
A single fungal species can form two different kinds of biofilms—a pathogenic one and a sexual one.
The addictive component of cigarettes saves dopamine neurons from a Parkinson's-like decline, providing a new avenue for potential treatment.
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Pro-evolution bumper stickers and emblems are being removed from the cars of biologists in Florida.
While gut microbiota appear to have both positive and negative impacts on our health, in the guts of healthy, lean individuals, the good outweighs the bad. Gut bacteria, most of which reside in the large intestine, process many otherwise indigest
Sequencing the DNA of individual neurons is a way to dissect the genes underlying major neurological and psychological disorders.
Gut bacteria that feed on healthy food appear to amplify the nutritional benefits of those foods. However, they also appear to amplify the undesirable effects of unhealthy food. Here are a few examples. Read the full story.