"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...

When you picture a single cell, you probably imagine something super tiny that you had to look at through a microscope. But, ...

Multicellular organisms (animals, plants, humans) all have the ability to methylate the cytosine base in their DNA. This ...

This new research indicates that targeting of methylation on the adenine base in unicellular organisms could be a way in ...

Description: Unlike most living things, there are species of bacteria that can harness electrons directly and even shuttle ...

Probiotic species used in humans for many years are also candidates, including Escherichia coli Nissle, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. These can be engineered to produce cancer-killing molecules ...

In many cases, thoroughly washing or cooking your food is enough to prevent infection from listeria.

The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...

Gut bacteria shown to produce serotonin, revealing new pathways for IBS therapy. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have uncovered new details about how gut bacteria interact with ...

On the universal curve, performance climbs steadily as organisms warm until they reach an optimal temperature where activity ...

Colorectal cancer immunotherapy advances as Photobacterium angustum identified to selectively colonize tumors with minimal ...

A research team led by Professor Eijiro Miyako at the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), has discovered that the marine ...