Researchers have gained new insights into the genetic basis of rye reproduction. They have demonstrated how plants recombine ...

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment, in a bacterium for the first time. Xanthommatin ...

diSArm clinical trial is that our phages injected intravenously can home in to the site of infection, penetrate biofilms, infect, and lyse S. aureus. Many deaths post flu, and most likely also ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

With millions of Americans having undergone LASIK vision correction in the past three decades, a growing number are now approaching the age where cataract surgery becomes a consideration. Porter ...

Professor David Williams, a New Zealander working on gene therapy at UCLA, has warned that the Bill is “unfair to farmers” and based on false assumptions about precision and safety. He points to ...

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced repeated blows to the head while playing contact sports and there’s now ...

Transferring one species to another is how to create genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. This creates something not ...