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Using DNA barcodes to track cancer cells through time, Garvan scientists have shown that cells within a cancer have diverse abilities to escape immune system defences.
A new class of drug transporters have been created from DNA and are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair, in a discovery that could improve treatment for diseases like blood cancer.
Scientists have created a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism, found in the gastrointestinal tract, to counter the onset and effects of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI).
When cells reproduce, the internal mechanisms that copy DNA get it right nearly every time. Rice University bioscientists have uncovered a tiny detail that helps understand how the process could go wrong.
A new study has characterized samples of the influenza virus that ravaged the world’s population in 1918, revealing information about the pandemic's spread and also highlighting a link between that viral strain and the seasonal flu that circulates each winter.