We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research team has proposed a cutting-edge research strategy that leverages artificial ...

Scientists who have described in a new study the step-by-step details of a bacterial defense strategy see the mechanism as a promising platform for development of a new genome-editing method.

“The microbiome is a highly complex and diverse community of microorganisms living in and on the human body,” describes Dr. Kate Markey, Assistant Professor in the Translational Science and ...

ORNL scientists are advancing CRISPR Cas9 tools for microbes to create renewable fuels, merging quantum biology, AI, and bioengineering. Guide RNAs, pivotal in CRISPR Cas9, allow precise genomic ...

Determining whether a cancerous tumor originated in a given location or spread there from another tissue or organ in the body is important when assessing the likely course of a patient’s disease. When ...

There has long been interest in sequencing DNA, but until a few years ago there was not much to say about the competitive dynamics of the market for equipment used to perform that sequencing.

Sequencing mammoth DNA has already helped scientists map out how these Ice Age giants evolved, migrated, and survived. But there's a hidden layer of history still waiting to be decoded – the microbes ...

Colorectal cancer is unique in having its own microbial ‘fingerprint’ – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and ...