A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver of microvascular obstruction in COVID-19, bypassing the expected role of ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs around the body. They then carry carbon dioxide from around the body back to the lungs. These cells are an important component of blood. However, a range of ...

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said mRNA COVID-19 vaccines should not be used, citing concerns that small DNA fragments in the vaccines pose a “unique and elevated risk to human health.” ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer. This allows bacteria to rapidly evolve new traits, such as antibiotic ...

Cryptic transcription by senescent cells was first observed in yeast and worms and later confirmed in mammalian cells. While its function, especially in mammalian cells, has yet to be fully ...

Professor Indraneel Mittra and his team show that DNA fragments from dying cells function as agents of horizontal gene transfer in mammalian cells. For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can ...