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.

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered microbial DNA preserved in mammoth remains dating back more than one million years, revealing the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recovered. By sequencing nearly ...

An unbiased characterization of the human microbiome is crucial to a more complete understanding of microbial effect on human health and diseases. The rapidly reducing costs of sequencing and ...

Microbial DNA preserved in the teeth of ancient humans and Neanderthals has been used to reconstruct molecules produced by ancient bacteria. The approach could help us discover new antibiotics or ...

Some of the world’s oldest microbial DNA has been found preserved in the mammoth remains dating back over one million years. An international team, led by researchers at the Centre for Palaeogenetics ...

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 ...

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 ...