Skin cells taken from patients with a rare genetic disorder are up to ten times more sensitive to damage from ultraviolet A (AVA) radiation in laboratory...
A new antimicrobial-resistance gene, VCC-1, a ß-lactamase gene, has been discovered in benign close relatives of virulent Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera. Now, a team of...
A relatively unknown fungus, accidentally found growing on an Acacia tree in the Northern Cape, has emerged as a voracious wood-munching organism with enormous potential in...
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are a growing burden on society and a leading cause of death among the elderly. There is no cure....
As many know, females have two X chromosome while males have one X and one Y chromosome. Perhaps less known is that female cells randomly and...
A team of biologists, physicists and mathematical modellers in Cambridge have studied the genetic activity of over 100,000 embryonic cells to establish the molecular blueprint of...
The very early days of growth, long before we are born, are a time of incredible development. In a relatively short period of time, we and...
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. In 2017, 10 million people around the world fell ill with TB and 1.3...
More than 70 percent of researchers failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiment, according to a survey conducted by Nature in 2016. If scientists can’t reproduce each...
B. multivorans is a notorious pathogen that can cause infections such as pneumonia in immune-compromised individuals with underlying lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis. This pathogen can...