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Candida, a type of fungus, can spread throughout the body via the bloodstream, leading to organ damage and sepsis. Recently, ...

The study, published in Nucleic Acids Research, has uncovered how the structure and chemical modifications of DNA affect the ... When processed by the body, this chemical becomes Benzo[a]pyrene diol ...

Prosecutor Bill Thompson was asked to present to the court the “factual basis” for the state’s case if it had proceeded to ...

Platelet-derived growth factors can restore the proliferative potential of senescent cells taken from the degenerated intervertebral discs of aged humans.

If a gene is evolutionarily conserved, that shows it must be doing something important. Otherwise, nature would let it go.

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Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

In the ongoing fight against HIV, scientists have taken a new step toward long-term control of the virus. Researchers have ...

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

The connection between Superman and Kryptonite is so firmly established in American culture that “Kryptonite” has become ...

In this interview, Professor James J. Collins, founder of the field of Synthetic Biology, discusses his journey to founding ...