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

A herbal mouthwash selectively killed off bad bacteria in the mouth while preserving the good strains, according to a new ...

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

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

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

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Insulin-producing human pancreas cells can be manufactured with 3D printers, researchers reported ...

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

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

If you’re one of the folks who looks forward to pumpkins every fall, the long summer wait can be tough. For farmers, the ...

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

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

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 ...