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Bacteria and moulds are vital to the ripening and aroma of many cheeses. Scientists from the Institute for Milk Hygiene,...

Proteins are responsible for nearly every essential process of life. Their form and structure (or their ”fold”) are of crucial...

After cancer spreads, finding and destroying malignant cells that circulate in the body is usually critical to patient survival. Now,...

Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered that some immune cells turn...

Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a 3D-printed device inspired by the liver to remove dangerous...

Researchers have devised a novel cancer treatment that destroys tumor cells by first disarming their defenses, then hitting them with...

Adults suffering from diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood-related disorders may benefit from life-saving treatment commonly used in...

A smartphone app that monitors subtle qualities of a person's voice during everyday phone conversations shows promise for detecting early...

Melbourne researchers have overturned a 40-year-old theory on when and how cells divide, showing that 'parent' cells program a cell...

Cells have to protect themselves: against damage in their genetic material for one thing, but also against attack from the...

For the first time ever, a group of Danish and Chinese researchers has sequenced the genome of the spider. This...

Bioengineers at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the University of Montreal have used DNA to develop a tool...

For HIV patients being treated with anti-AIDS medications, resistance to drug therapy regimens is commonplace. Often, patients develop resistance to...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have taken a very important step towards understanding cell reprogramming...