Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf have developed a tool that could significantly transform genome research: Helixer identifies genes directly from DNA ...

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding ...

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

What began as a study of human population history quickly evolved into a groundbreaking ...

Scientists have uncovered new clues about why diabetic foot infections can become so severe and difficult to treat. By ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through ...

IISc said this discovery could help develop interventions that prevent tuberculosis bacteria from infecting their hosts.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), have discovered how a key protein in the tuberculosis bacterium helps ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have deciphered the structure and unusual shape of a bacterial protein that prepares segments of DNA for the insertion of so-called jumping genes. The clamshell ...