By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
By varying the size of their steps, dynein motor proteins work effectively as teams to carry heavy loads around the cell.
NIH researcher Roberto Romero describes the recent discovery of genetic elemetns that contribute to the risk of preterm birth.
Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.
Researchers find zero evidence for Lyme-induced autism.
Double helix celebrates 60; detecting calories without taste; bacteria vs. tumor; perceptual consciousness in babies
Genome Biology speaks to a scientist involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA, and asks modern geneticists to highlight the key advances that have followed.
By engineering the genome of E. coli with genes from several sources, scientists have coaxed the microbe to produce diesel-replica hydrocarbons.
Rodents and fruit flies appear to be able to sense nutrients even when they can’t taste the food they’re eating. Now, researchers are trying to figure out how.
A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.