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

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 ...

Long-read DNA sequencing was found to be a more accurate method for detecting genetic defects linked to an increased risk of ...

Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

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

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

Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Center have used a new method to detect chemical ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution.

Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental condition estimated to affect between 5–10% of people living in most countries, irrespective ...

Hospitals may soon have a faster option, thanks to a groundbreaking system built in part by Sneha Goenka, an assistant ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.