Metabolism is considered a central driving force of matter and energy that controls the most fundamental chemical processes of life. It is d...

Evolutionary genomics provides strong support to the notion that the microbes of the human 'microbiome' are swapping genes between t...

Viruses are largely made of proteins and nucleic acids. Some like the giant viruses have molecular complexities that resemble the complexiti...

Proteins sustain life on our planet, from major biogeochemical cycles necessary for planetary stability to crucial signaling in brai...

Explaining the origin of viruses remains an important challenge for evolutionary biology. Previous explanatory frameworks described viruses ...

The origin and evolution of modern biochemistry is a complex problem that has puzzled scientists for almost a century. While comparative, fu...

The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) is the primordial organism that gave rise to diversified life. Its make up is embedded in all the ...