Biology

A simple chemical “sniff test” built from tiny coated patches could help researchers detect the lung-associated pathogen Burkholderia cepacia by...

A small flowering plant has revealed an unexpected genetic route toward combating one of agriculture’s most persistent soilborne diseases. Researchers...

A gene regulator best known for helping Salmonella build its tough, adhesive biofilms may also influence how the pathogen interprets...

A trio of tiny snails collected along China’s coasts and waterways has provided scientists with new genetic clues to one...

Bangladesh River’s Dry-Season Crisis Is Selecting for Microbes Built to Survive Pollution A river supplying drinking water to millions of...

Gallbladder cancer has produced an exceptionally rare and unsettling complication in a 65-year-old man: a spontaneous tunnel from the diseased...

Muscle and bone are often discussed as separate systems: one powers movement, while the other forms the body’s structural framework....

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains one of the most difficult forms of critical lung injury to treat. The syndrome...

Amphibians carry a gene that may be central to one of the immune system’s most important balancing acts, according to...

Scientists have developed a new fermentation-based method for producing hydroxycinnamoyltyramines, a family of plant-derived phenolic compounds that has attracted growing...