For millennia, yeast has held a place at the table of history, transforming flour into bread, grapes into wine, and grain into beer. But yeast is much more than a building block for a good meal. It ...

Meiosis is a key feature of eukaryotic sexual reproduction. Diploid parental cells replicate their DNA once and then undergo two rounds of chromosome segregation to produce haploid daughter cells.

The rapid identification of Candida species isolates in clinical laboratories is relevant insofar as the high incidence of candidiasis increases proportionally to the growth in the number of patients ...

As a fermented food, sourdough is easier to digest than most other breads. Sourdough is often easier to digest than regular bread because its slow fermentation process partially breaks down gluten and ...

This article is part of “The Young American Scientists,” which includes stories of 28 extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of ...