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Microbiologists at Goethe University Frankfurt have discovered how the bacterium Acetobacterium woodii uses hydrogen in a kind of cycle to conserve energy.

Infants who were started on solid foods at or before three months of age showed changes in the levels of gut bacteria and bacterial byproducts measured in their stool samples. These changes may be linked to a predisposition to being overweight.

By mining a vast trove of genetic data, researchers at the University of Virginia are enhancing doctors’ ability to treat cancer, predict patient outcomes and determine which treatments will work best for individual patients.

Scientists have identified a new control mechanism that enables stem cells to adapt their activity in emergency situations.

Scientists from the University of Würzburg and the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) with colleagues in Constance, France and Russia have now successfully sequenced the genome of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), a relatively small species of sturgeon.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered in mice what they believe is the first known genetic mutation to improve cognitive flexibility—the ability to adapt to changing situations.

Scientists have mapped the epigenetic controls on T cells, which could aid Type 1 diabetes diagnosis and treatment, as well as cancer immunotherapy.

Scientists have developed the first blood test that can accurately detect more than 50 different types of cancer. It can also identify in which tissue the cancer originated, often before any clinical signs or symptoms of the disease present.

A study refutes two other studies pointing to snakes as an intermediate host and suggests that scaly, anteater-like animals called pangolins are the missing link for SARS-CoV-2 transmission between bats and humans.

In a new article published online ahead of print in Cancer Research, scientists report the identification of potential therapeutic targets for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.