The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

Experts urge the US to prepare for possible new pandemic as new H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads to dairy animals, human ...

Louis Pasteur’s breakthrough discoveries unlocked the world of microscopic organisms that live inside our bodies.

Authorities eased this onerous system in the years after World War II as they found success in wiping out mosquitoes with a ...

Streptococcus Group A affects close to 20% of U.S. children, according to Dr. Joshua Osowicki, senior research fellow at the ...