Voyeuristic scientists have caught yeast having sex, and lots of it, a finding that questions the assumed chastity of the microscopic fungi that cause yeast infections in humans. Such sexual antics ...

An emerging form of the pathogenic yeast Candida is able to complete a full sexual cycle in a test tube, even though it's missing the genes for reproduction. And it may also do so while infecting us, ...

Yeast cells decide whether to have sex with each other within two minutes of meeting, according to new research. One of the authors of the study says the new insights into how yeast cells decide to ...

Voyeuristic scientists have caught yeast having sex, and lots of it, a finding that questions the assumed chastity of the microscopic fungi that cause yeast infections in humans. Such sexual antics ...

When we think of life on Earth, most of us think of multicellular organisms, like large mammals or massive trees. But we're only aware of three groups of complex, multicellular organisms, which ...

KANSAS CITY, MO—Dec. 7, 2022—New findings from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research uncover critical insights about how a dangerous selfish gene—considered to be a parasitic portion of ...

Decades of research have shown that severely limiting calorie intake can lengthen an animal’s life span. But for yeast, consuming fewer calories doesn’t always mean a longer life, a new study suggests ...