Stanford researchers found that fiber digestion produces compounds that directly alter gene function, potentially preventing ...

Scientists explored the evolutionary success of leaf beetles, the most diverse herbivores on Earth. They showed that symbioses with bacteria have evolved repeatedly and independently in different ...

As an embryo grows, there is a continuous stream of communication between cells to form tissues and organs. Cells need to ...

They are two of Florida's most iconic waterbirds, who look and behave similarly, but it turns out the anhinga and the ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

A recent study has made significant strides in uncovering how the oral microbiome, particularly the bacterium Fusobacterium ...

Researchers have described how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus genetically adapts to humans, including mutations that allow some strains to evade the immune system and become resistant to ...

Building and shaping an embryo requires the concerted effort of numerous signals and molecular interactions during development. One essential aspect of this process is collective cell migration, where ...

Study highlights a fourfold increase in ME/CFS risk among COVID-19 patients, with 89% of post-COVID ME/CFS cases overlapping ...

As an undergraduate biology major at Alfred University in the early 2000s, Ross Munson took a plant biology class taught by ...

Ecologists at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made valuable discoveries that ...

Researchers have discovered how egg cells prepare for life by studying the Balbiani body, a structure that organizes key ...