A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

The 19 Wnt proteins found in humans are part of a larger superfamily of proteins that are also found in Archaea and Bacteria.

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known ...

Scientists are uncovering how gene clusters in oral bacteria help form sticky biofilms, opening doors to cavity prevention ...

Lucy Shapiro received this year’s Lasker Special Achievement Award for her discovery of how bacteria use genetic circuits to ...

A bacterium that uses sulfide as an energy source to metabolize solid iron oxides has been discovered, revealing a biological ...

This study illustrates a valuable application of BID-seq to bacterial RNA, allowing transcriptome-wide mapping of pseudouridine modifications across various bacterial species. The evidence presented ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

Zhang, a UC Berkeley professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is trying to distinguish the healthy bacteria in our ...

Heme binding to a bacterial transcription factor is critical for hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) signaling, report researchers from Japan. Heme binding promotes the reaction of H₂S with the transcription ...