A team of researchers is beginning work on creating new tools that could eventually lead to the synthesis of the human genome ...

Researchers have identified buried copper ore by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil. These ‘biological ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

Whether you had breakfast this morning or not, your pancreas is working quietly behind the scenes. This vital organ produces ...

A new study demonstrates that handheld nanopore sequencers can rapidly identify eye infection pathogens using only a patient’s tears.

An obscure group of phages offers insights into elements of microbial warfare—and blueprints for new antibiotics.

Now, researchers are turning to an unexpected source for early PDAC detection: faecal samples. While analysing poo might seem ...

From fecal transplants to phage cocktails, scientists reveal how gut viruses could unlock precision medicine for digestive diseases and beyond.

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

Almost five decades ago Crick, Orgel, and others proposed the RNA world hypothesis. Subsequent studies have raised the possibility that RNA might be able to support both genotype and phenotype, and ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...