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 finally created synthetic life in a lab by constructing a synthetic yeast for the first time in history.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

The control monkey never became ill at any time. One marmoset, A-6, which had ingested 54,000,000 yeast organisms, died on the fourth day. The others (A-5 and A-7) recovered spontaneously in about ...

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 ...