Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

Scientists have discovered that a strain of common faecal bacteria can convert plastic waste into the drug paracetamol, a ...

Penn-led researchers have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound. After isolating a new class of ...

Associated with the infamous King Tut's curse, a deadly spore may now be turned into a potent leukemia treatment.

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In the 1970s, a dozen scientists entered the tomb of Casimir IV in Poland. Within weeks, 10 of them died from Aspergillus ...

Scientists discover how cells absorb queuosine, a vital nutrient affecting memory, learning, and cancer resistance.

“We observed that the peptides specifically kill cancer cells without attacking healthy breast tissue cells,” Strauß said in ...

When food runs low, some bacteria kill and eat their neighbors. Study shows a survival strategy that changes how we think ...

Many cancer patients are fearful of undergoing treatment because they've heard about the difficult chemotherapy and radiation ...

Many types of bacteria produce a protein complex that injects toxins into neighboring cells to eliminate competitors. For the ...