New research suggests that gut bacteria may mediate the link between sugary drink consumption and increased diabetes risk. A ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the ...

This article explores the transformative potential and challenges of single cell omics in advancing our understanding of ...

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — ...

It’s well known that consuming sugary drinks increases the risk of diabetes, but the mechanism behind this relationship is unclear. Now, in a paper publishing January 31 in the Cell Press journal Cell ...

Recalcitrant infections are often caused by dormant bacteria, including persisters and viable but nonculturable cells. Here, the authors explore how composition and structure of protein ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — The latest findings on the interaction between cell death and cellular senescence in cancer and their pathophysiological significance have been ... Keeping the Steps of Cell ...

Plant cells exhibit totipotency, or the ability to regrow a whole new plant from a single cell. While our cells differentiate ...

In prokaryotic cells, DNA bundles together in a region called the nucleoid. Primitive organelles, such as micro-compartments found in some bacteria, help organize cellular processes by concentrating ...