Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make ...

A team of researchers has seemingly managed to do just that: they successfully converted a Type A human kidney into a ...

The immune system must maintain a delicate balance to defend against harmful threats while avoiding excessive inflammation.

Undergraduate researchers study a protein that converts omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids, possibly reducing ...

A team of scientists has taken a closer look at the origins of cannabis chemistry by reconstructing enzymes from ancient ...

You will be redirected to our submission process. Microbial systems such as yeast, bacteria, and microalgae are central to sustainable bioprocessing and industrial biotechnology, enabling the ...

Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely used to treat a range of infections, including pneumonia and skin ...

A new building material developed by engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute could change how the world builds. Made using an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide into solid minerals, the material ...

Complex sugar-protein molecules that sense external messages to help a cell grow or respond to its environment can now be ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

A research team has uncovered and reconstructed the complete biosynthetic pathway of polyphyllin II—a potent anticancer ...