Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements that use giant viruses—known as jumbo phages—to move between cells. The ...

Researchers confirmed that sperm accumulate mutations over the years, increasing the risk of transmitting diseases to ...

Advances in genome editing are transforming the treatment for rare genetic diseases, as seen in the case of seven-month-old ...

DNA from a smoothie straw, prosecutors say, could now be the key piece of evidence they need to convict her killer. Theresa Fusco went missing November 10, 1984. She was last seen late that night ...

A Bucks County high school student has died from bacterial meningitis, according to the county's Department of Health. The student went to Neshaminy High School in Middletown Township, Bucks County, ...

The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Monday about a growing threat of drug-resistant bacteria around the globe that could undermine life-saving treatments, an issue Wayne State University ...

Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” are on the rise in the U.S.—meaning that it is important to be aware of the risks, causes and how to slow the spread. The surge comes as part ...