Editor’s Choice in Immunology
Researchers find antibiotic resistance genes in 30,000-year-old bacteria, suggesting such resistance is not a modern phenomenon.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.
Plant and fungal symbionts swap more resources with partners that provide a greater return of nutrients.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
A researcher is repeating the controversial experiments that suggested a bacterium used arsenic rather than phosphorus in its DNA—with the world watching.
Researchers identify new mutations in schizophrenia patients without a family history of the disease.
Two new techniques identify how often zinc fingers nucleases cleave off-target sites.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.