New compounds harmine, harmaline, and harmalacidine hydrochloride were tested against H1N1 flu and Staphylococcus aureus ...

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Autonomous cells producing acetyl-lysine offer a novel platform for real-time monitoring of enzyme activity, enhancing ...

Nitrogen metabolism of gut bacteria can provide health benefits. Specifically, gut microbes metabolize dietary nitrates and ...

Researchers discovered how human astroviruses bind to a receptor on human cells at a molecular level, which could inform new ...

Experts can now predict the transmission rate of a bacterial E. coli infection in the same way as they can for viral pandemics, which can help battling treatment-resistant infections in the future.

A mission to search for the origin-of-life on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, will be aided by University of Otago – Ōtākou ...

Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted ...