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 ...

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 ...

After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in the lab, ...

Humble yeast is one of those ingredients that you forget about until you're halfway through making incredible challah bread and you realize you're all out. This tiny-but-mighty organism is the ...

Scientists have completed construction of the final chromosome in the worlds' first synthetic yeast genome following more than a decade of work, opening new possibilities for creating resilient, ...

Using fermentation, University of Alberta researchers have come up with a way to produce higher amounts of a healthy fatty acid found mainly in pomegranates. The paper is published in the Journal of ...

“The whole point of condensates is to separate biological reactions to help them work efficiently, but now when you have ...

The study not only indicates the presence of RNAi in some budding yeast species ... that RNAi has a quite different function in these organisms from its role in S. pombe. In addition, the ...

Macquarie University researchers have worked with an international team of scientists to achieve a major milestone in ...

The completion of chromosome synXVI allows scientists to explore new possibilities in metabolic engineering and strain ...