Bacteria: A day in the life
MIT study finds ocean bacteria follow predictable patterns of daily activity.
MIT study finds ocean bacteria follow predictable patterns of daily activity.
Genetic material hitchhiking in our cells may shape physical traits more than we thought.
One species, a few drops of seawater, hundreds of coexisting subpopulations.
Test analyzing cells’ ability to fix different kinds of broken DNA could help doctors predict cancer risk.
Michael Hemann seeks better ways to deploy chemotherapy drugs and overcome tumor resistance.
Work reveals how a genome-editing tool works to correct errors in the genetic code.
Drugs that block new target gene could make many tumors more vulnerable to chemotherapy.
Scientists find that loops of DNA are key to tightly packing genetic material for cell division.
Biology professor Dennis Kim seeks to understand the physiology and evolution of host-microbe interactions by studying a simple worm.
MIT researchers find that high ratio of freeloaders makes it more likely colony will die from sudden shock to environment.
Automated system for high-speed analysis of vertebrate larvae could aid drug development.
Biologists find that long non-coding RNA molecules are necessary to regulate differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiac cells.
MIT biologists find that alternative splicing of RNA rewires signaling in different tissues and may often contribute to species differences.