When scientists sequence tumor DNA, they typically find small amounts of genetic code from bacteria, viruses and ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
One of the major challenges in microbiome science has been distinguishing what is a potential environmental contaminant from a true, bona fide microbiome signal in low biomass studies -- studies that ...
Could the hidden microbial diversity in everyday foods be quietly influencing your gut health, and even transmitting directly to your microbiome? Study: Unexplored microbial diversity from 2,500 food ...
Just like humans, mammoths had a robust community of microorganisms living on their skin and inside their bodies. Now, for the first time, scientists have identified some of the individual species ...