A researcher loads DNA samples into a biorobot at UCSF on Sept. 25. A cutting-edge diagnostic test is helping some doctors ...

The Earth BioGenome Project seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi as they build an atlas of ...

Red arrows indicate the DNA repair pathways that are known to aid bacterial survival as persisters and gamblers in the ...

Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms. These biofilms act as ...

We naturally pick up microorganisms as we move about the world. Now, researchers have developed an AI tool that accurately ...

Colon cancer is a particularly deadly form of cancer, and the incidence of the disease is rising, especially among younger ...

Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves ... pneumoniae secretes a tough matrix-like ...

A new study has revealed that gut bacteria may play a key role in aging, and that specific microbes could be targeted to ...

In a 2014 study, software for piecing together DNA fragments revealed a family of viruses that the authors of the study ...

Antibiotics have saved millions of lives from infectious diseases and are considered one of the most important discoveries of ...

Bacteria frequently encounter adverse environmental conditions, such as nutrient scarcity and antibiotic exposure, which can induce DNA damage ...