Transposable elements are stretches of DNA that can move around the genome. Many of these DNA sequences originate from long ...
Deep in coastal mangroves and even inside our own mouths, biologists are finding that DNA does not always sit in a simple ...
A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...
A newly identified virus–cell hybrid structure allows viruses to spread faster and more aggressively by hitching a ride on ...
At the microscopic edge of biology, researchers have uncovered an organism so stripped down that it forces a rethink of what ...
Investigators from the laboratory of Derek Walsh, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology-Immunology, have discovered how human ...
A nasty, highly contagious virus is spreading across the country ahead of the holiday season — and it’s not the flu or Covid. Norovirus, also called the “winter vomiting disease,” has been rising ...