Mitochondrial diseases are severe, often untreatable, and they leave human cells unable to grow normally without outside help. A new study published in Nature Metabolism now shows that a single gene ...

Researchers introduced a yeast enzyme, ScURA, into human cells, enabling nucleotide synthesis independent of mitochondrial ...

After a long search, RIKEN researchers have identified an enzyme crucial for keeping lipid-linked sugar chains in check in yeast cells. This finding, published in the Journal of Cell Biology, reveals ...

Scientists reveal how Candida auris survives on human skin by feeding on CO₂ and how blocking it could stop its spread.

Fungus is getting a pretty bad rap in pop culture right now thanks to HBO’s hit zombie TV show The Last of Us, in which a fungal mutation spread through the global food supply leads to the collapse of ...

Researchers may have found a way to reverse several forms of cancer by going to the root of the problem. Cancer is a result ...

Fungal enzymes could hold secret to making renewable energy from wood Researchers unlock key scientific challenge of how biorefineries can convert wood into biofuel in an environmental and ...

One of the biggest barriers in the commercial production of sustainable biofuels is to cost-effectively break down the bioenergy crops into sugars that can then be converted into fuel. To reduce this ...

A small fungal enzyme could play a significant role in simplifying the development and manufacture of drugs, according to scientists. A small fungal enzyme could play a significant role in simplifying ...

Nucleotide synthesis—the production of the basic components of DNA and RNA—is essential for cell growth and division. In most ...