Think yeast just belongs in the kitchen? Mitosis in baker's yeast can also tell us about mutations that cause cancer. One of the first scientists to discover some of these cancer-causing mutations ...

A basic business principle is that no worker is irreplaceable; that also holds true for most proteins, the cellular factory workers of our bodies. If we fire a protein—that is, permanently delete it ...

bacterial vaginosis looks pretty different. Because yeast infections and BV involve overgrowth of two distinct organisms, curbing that excess requires two different types of medication: an antifungal ...

Gene regulation underpins nearly every biological process—from cell development to responses to environmental changes, and understanding it can provide insights into cancer and other diseases. Now, ...

Desai imagined that growing an organism in the lab for a long, long time could be a stronger approach to studying evolution. He could multiply yeast in a myriad of controlled microcosms — in ...

Toenail fungus is caused by an overgrowth of yeast organisms. In my experience, the problem is normally a sign that yeast is active elsewhere in the body, particularly the gut. Another symptom of ...

Eye of Science/Photo Researchers Yeast is the oldest domesticated microbe. Its potable fermentation products have sparked feuds, ended wars, instigated romance, and wrecked many a morning after. The ...

His observation confirmed that yeast are one-celled organisms and suggested that they were closely related to the fermentation process. Around the same time, Theodor Schwann, Friedrich Kützing ...

In addition to these healthy bacterial species, many of us also harbour small amounts of the yeast organism Candida albicans in our intestine. While Candida does not normally cause problems ...

coli. However, the systems of gene expression in eukaryotic organisms, such as humans, plants and yeast, are more complex. Consequently, there is a lag in the development of genetic switches for ...