Call it advanced warfare on the most elemental of levels. Researchers have discovered how certain types of bacteria integrate the DNA that they have captured from invading enemies into their own genetic makeup to increase their chances of survival.

An electronic diagnostic tool called the SmartPill is swallowed by patients in order to take measurements as it travels through the gastrointestinal tract. A new study by physician-scientists used the device in patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis (UC), determining that they have significantly more acidic pH in their colons, compared with the average person -- a finding that may impact treatment strategy.

It's all in the hands apparently - Dominic Prince enrols in the Lighthouse Bakery School and finds it to be a beacon of proper breadmaking.

Call it advanced warfare on the most elemental of levels. Researchers have discovered how certain types of bacteria integrate the DNA that they have captured from invading enemies into their own genetic makeup to increase their chances of survival.

An electronic diagnostic tool called the SmartPill is swallowed by patients in order to take measurements as it travels through the gastrointestinal tract. A new study by physician-scientists used the device in patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis (UC), determining that they have significantly more acidic pH in their colons, compared with the average person -- a finding that may impact treatment strategy.

It's all in the hands apparently - Dominic Prince enrols in the Lighthouse Bakery School and finds it to be a beacon of proper breadmaking.

Though obesity has defied much of the research and treatments developed thus far, researchers may have discovered a completely new way to approach the problem. Scientists successfully constructed a non-native pathway in mice to increase fatty acid metabolism that results in a resistance to diet-induced obesity.

A simple magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test involving breathing oxygen might help oncologists determine the best treatment for some cancer patients.

PepsiCo has hinted that it could walk away from its bid to buy Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas, rather than meet the bottlers' demands for a higher offer.

By inserting a molecular shunt into the livers of mice, researchers have shown they can make the animals burn more fat. That so-called glycoxylate shunt consists of two metabolic enzymes normally found in bacteria and plants, but not in mammals, according to a new report.

A lift in US soft drinks sales and lower commodity costs have led Pepsi Bottling Group to raise its full-year earnings guidance.

Researchers have shown that a blood-pressure medicine has reversed the effects of early-stage liver failure in some patients.

A chemist says that prodding proteins to fold by suddenly removing high pressure (a technique also known as "pressure jumping") through electrical bursting makes for a "kindlier, gentler way" of inducing proteins to fold.