Bacteria have mostly been portrayed as villains that make us sick, but the Human Microbiome Project showed that we share our ...

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Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

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Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to "burn" (oxidize) compounds like sugar into CO2 and water—a ...

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

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