An international team of researchers developed a new way to uncover hidden differences in how viruses infect and destroy ...

The community of microbes in the human gut serves many important roles. New research has shown that certain bacteria in the ...

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing ...

A metabolic byproduct formed when gut bacteria break down dietary fiber appears to protect against dangerous fungal ...

Creatures that survive extreme conditions like mind-boggling temperatures and toxicity challenge how we define life. Bárbara Pinho finds out how it will impact how we search for life beyond Earth?

Lund University. Mice live only a couple of years at most. That makes them suitable to use in ageing research, while also ...

For centuries, people have argued about what separates something that's alive from something that's simply chemistry.

SpudCell marks a milestone for synthetic biology, but it is not fully alive. It will, however, help scientists answer key ...

The newly formed cells repeated this cycle of growth and division, multiplying over multiple generations.This is the result ...

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that gut bacteria help regulate the development of the body's ...