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

A new study shows that everyday chemicals can disturb gut microbes, change community balance, and even increase antibiotic ...

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

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 ...

The enteric bacterial Shigella secretes a virulence factor that degrades the pivotal human defense protein RNF213, thereby protecting cytosolic bacteria from interferon-driven ubiquitylation and ...

Scientists have revealed parts of the genome that are especially vulnerable to mutations that occur very early on in ...

A thermoplastic form of chitosan retains biological activity, enabling molded biodegradable plastics that store enzymes or ...

Once in the liver, these substances can be changed or broken down before they spread throughout the body. By comparing blood ...

Bacterial cells can easily swap bits of DNA, and many of those pieces of genetic material carry genes that confer resistance ...

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

A small study published in Nature found that urolithin A supplements have the potential to improve biomarkers associated with ...

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