A new study finds that bacteria can actively block the transfer of beneficial genes to neighboring cells, using specialized ...

Chemical reactions drive life. They ensure that cells obtain energy, proteins perform their functions, and DNA changes under ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Transposable elements have proliferated in the bacterium Enterococcus faecium, altering its metabolism and genome structure.

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like structure, from a single starting stem cell population and without direct genetic ...