Phages inject their DNA into the bacterial cell, multiply to large numbers using the resources of the host, and then burst out to infect more bacteria in the vicinity. Essentially, they are a ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

A team of chemists, microbiologists and ecologists has designed a molecular probe (a molecule designed to detect proteins or ...

Neutrophils are the most abundant type of immune cell and serve as the immune system's first responders. One of their key ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Genetic deletion of the ComM gene in bacteria reduced competent cells’ ability to tolerate different antibiotics, leading to increased cell death. Researchers suspect that by delaying cell division, ...

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG ...

This is because your gut is home to trillions of bacteria – in fact, bacterial cells in your body outnumber human cells by ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Cancer rates are rising among younger people aged under 50. Here’s what we know about the causes – and what the evidence says ...