A new tool has just vastly broadened the scale at which researchers can study these proteins, promising to speed basic ...

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to ...

Researchers have developed a new tool that can screen genes involved in human development at unprecedented scale and speed, using it in a proof-of-principle study to reveal new insights into human ...

Scientists found that one tiny genetic change may determine whether a bat virus stays in bats or becomes a human threat. Most ...

Researchers develop a non-toxic Parkinson's disease model using the TMEV virus, proving viral infections can trigger dopamine neuron loss and gait issues.

Scientists have now traced why the H5N1 bird flu virus that jumped into U.S. dairy herds keeps turning up in cows’ udders and ...

Most pandemics start when a pathogen spreads from animals to humans. It’s a leading explanation, in fact, for the COVID-19 pandemic: the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is a cousin to ...

Surprising new evidence reveals that H1N1 and H3N2 influenza viruses penetrate human lung cells in very different ways, and that it is possible to target specific molecules to prevent the viruses from ...

Megan covers the intersection of science and society. How is biomedical research funded? Who benefits? And how do new technologies reflect and shape our values? You can reach Megan on Signal at ...

What if aging could be reversed? That question is now being tested in a human patient for the first time. The treatment, called ER-100, was developed by Life Biosciences, a biotechnology company based ...

Emily Bruce, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, at the University of Vermont in Burlington in April 2026. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger It was by accident that Emily ...