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Dr Michael Doane and Professor Liz Dinsdale are starting to sequence the genome of the marine algae, Karenia mikimotoi.

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Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have found a surprising connection between a fungus associated with alcohol use disorder and the ...

In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra's song "Fly Me to the Moon" became closely associated with the Apollo missions. The optimistic ...

A little-known microbe in your gut produces methane and may help your body extract more calories from food, according to a study led b. Deep inside your gut lives a vast community of microbes, and ...

A new human liver organoid microarray developed by Cincinnati Children’s and Roche recreates immune-driven liver injury in ...

As the EU prepares its first Biotech Act, experts say that Europe risks overlooking the role of biotechnology in food, a gap EIT Food aims to close through a new alliance ...

Wellness influencers can spread misinformation to the masses at the click of a button, but what is being done about it?

With health care access declining, many turn to social media for health advice. But what happens when that advice is misleading or dangerous?