Legal battles over gene patents and uncooperative patent holders threaten the widespread implementation of personalized medicine
Legal battles over gene patents and uncooperative patent holders threaten the widespread implementation of personalized medicine
Microbiologist Marvin Whiteley chats about teaming up with chemist and bioengineer Jason Shear in order to build tiny houses for bacteria.
The Scientist covered some of the events that made this year's festival memorable
Researchers reveal several new viruses lurking in healthy hives
As Germany grapples with an E. coli outbreak, a new strain of MRSA appears in Europe
The path to eradicating malaria in Africa involves much more than just a vaccine.
In Chapter 9, "We Were Hunted, Which is Why All of Us are Afraid Some of the Time and Some of Us are Afraid All of the Time," author Rob Dunn explains how predators shaped our evolution as we cowered and ran from their ravenous maws.
As epidemics swept across the United States in the 19th century, the US government recognized the pressing need for a national lab dedicated to the study of infectious disease. In 1887, the government set its sights on a small lab located in the Mari
Two research teams studying a rare genetic disorder discover independently that it's caused by genes that are crucial to DNA replication.