This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in the lab, ...

Macquarie University researchers, alongside an international team, have achieved a significant milestone in synthetic biology by completing the final chromosome of the world's first synthetic yeast ...

We analyzed regulatory variation in a cross between laboratory and wild strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ... expression of genes involved in pheromone response and daughter cell separation, ...

Many products don't. Brewer's yeast is made from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is the byproduct of beer-making. The yeast cells are removed, pasteurized, and deactivated. Nutritional yeast is also ...

A method for genetically barcoding Drosophila is developed and used to tag defined cell populations in vivo for single-cell transcriptomics experiments and to enable multiplexed behavioral analysis.

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

Probiotics are live bacteria that help relieve symptoms in people with IBS A doctor explains how probiotics work and ways ...

Mitosis orchestrates eukaryotic cell division, maintaining genetic fidelity and playing a key role in development, tissue homeostasis, and cancer progression.

Jan. 30, 2025 — A research group has developed new advanced light-controlled tools that enable precise control of proteins in real time in living cells. This groundbreaking research opens doors ...

Bone-marrow-derived multipotent progenitor stromal cells — or mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) — are the common predecessors of cells of the mesenchymal lineage, such as bone, cartilage and fat ...