Researchers identify a herpesvirus gene persisting in the cells of calves suffering from malignant catarrhal disease.
Researchers identify a herpesvirus gene persisting in the cells of calves suffering from malignant catarrhal disease.
Double helix celebrates 60; detecting calories without taste; bacteria vs. tumor; perceptual consciousness in babies
Better health care in Gambian villages lead to flip-flopping selection pressures on height and weight.
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.
One of the surviving UK homes of pioneering but long-overlooked evolutionary theorist Alfred Russel Wallace is on the market.
Researchers use bacteria to deliver radiation to shrink pancreatic tumors in mice.
A new study suggests that in the Spanish Habsburg royal family, natural selection may have diminished the most harmful effects of inbreeding.
A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
A decision will not be reached until later in the year, but the United States’ top justices appear to be inclined to rule against the validity of patenting human genes.