Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.
Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.
Two steps help Drosophila melanogaster larvae survive freezing conditions.
Infection by GFP-encoding viruses enables quick, easy detection of tuberculosis in patient samples.
Only a quarter of Clostridium difficile infections in one hospital system were traced to contact with a symptomatic patient.
The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explains why it recommended redacting the details of studies reporting on a highly transmissible H5N1 strain.
An attempt to regrow the infamous GFAJ-1 bacteria, reported to incorporate arsenic into its DNA backbone, has failed.
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Researchers have mapped out the DNA of what some scientists claim to be an arsenic loving bacterium.
New research suggests that a controversial class of stem cells originates in the heart and retains some ability to repair damaged tissue.