Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
A river system in Colorado contains high concentrations of antibiotic resistance genes in areas close to water-treatment plants.
Scientists use human stem cells to show that nuclear defects may play a role in Parkinson’s disease, and suggest a way to reverse the problem.
A new streamlined method for sequencing and analysing whole genomes could help physicians quickly diagnose children with genetic diseases.
An HIV drug can bind to and alter the function of an immune molecule, causing a dangerous reaction in patients with a particular allele.
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Sleep-wake cycles affect how well our bodies fight disease.
Are states with less rigorous rules about which children can claim an exception from vaccination in kindergarten putting communities at higher risk of childhood disease?
A human trial of a hepatitis C treatment is shut down after one of the participants died.
Mice with inflammatory bowel disease harbor gut bacteria that damage host DNA, predisposing mice to cancer.