Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

The method offers a scalable way to scour unculturable bacteria for new drug leads and help illuminate a previously hidden microbial world.

The giant DNA loops were discovered through a careful study of saliva samples from 56 volunteers, with further tests ...

Scientists in Tokyo have uncovered “Inocles,” massive strands of extrachromosomal DNA hidden inside bacteria in human mouths.

Researchers at Beijing Genomics and IMDEA Nanociencia institutes have introduced a novel method that could significantly ...

Long-read sequencing is transforming the landscape of genomic research, offering exceptional resolution and accuracy in the ...

An analysis of the bones and teeth of ancient mammoths (Mammuthus) has identified some of the microorganisms that lived in ...