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Credit: Kathryn Faith One of humankind's oldest industrial partners is yeast, a familiar microbe that enabled early societies to brew beer and leaven bread and...

The synthetic biologists from Imperial College London have re-engineered yeast cells to manufacture the nonribosomal peptide antibiotic penicillin. In laboratory experiments, they were able to...

A new analysis finds that, despite advances in care, men and women with a diagnosis of heart failure continue to have worse survival rates than...

A new model for assessing real-time risk of a Zika virus epidemic in the United States is described in research published in the open access...

A new blood test could predict which men with advanced prostate cancer will respond to new targeted treatments for the disease. Researchers were able to...

Geneva, Switzerland, 04 May 2017 - Patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who require salvage chemotherapy are 30% more likely to achieve a partial...

Credit: Stockholm Resilience Centre. Design: Azote, E. Wikander and E. Wisniewska Development aid reached a new peak of 142.6 billion USD, according to recent data...

Loading video... Credit: © 2017 MBARI Deep-diving Technology Finds Little Filter Feeder Has Giant Carbon Cycling Impact: Using a novel deep-sea technology, scientists have measured...

Loading video... Credit: Activity conducted pursuant to NMFS Permit No. 14352 ATLANTA - Two populations of wild dolphins living off the coast of Florida and...

Credit: Nathan Bennett, University of Washington/University of British Columbia Ocean conservation is essential for protecting the marine environment and safeguarding the resources that people rely...

Credit: Andrew Szopa-Comley Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that some fish within a shoal take on the responsibilities of leader when they...

MINNEAPOLIS - A gene mutation may accelerate the loss of memory and thinking skills in people who are at risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to...

Credit: Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences Despite what some politicians argue, fake news and biased search algorithms aren't swaying public opinion,...

MAKING THE NUMBERS WORK: RESEARCHERS USE MATH TO DEVELOP PERSONALIZED CHEMO TREATMENTS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A team of Florida State University researchers is using mathematical...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health threat. So much so that a 2014 study commissioned by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom predicted...