The giant DNA loops were discovered through a careful study of saliva samples from 56 volunteers, with further tests conducted on 476 samples to determine the prevalence of Inocles in the general population. Around three-quarters of us could be carrying the elements, the data shows.

The DNA tissue sample taken from a baby left in an Iowa City landfill in 1992 was so "degraded and contaminated" that traditional DNA testing couldn't help investigators identify the infant or his mother.

Researchers at Beijing Genomics and IMDEA Nanociencia institutes have introduced a novel method that could significantly accelerate efficiency and reduce the cost of handling fluidics in DNA sequencing.

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals that cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) promote DNA replication licensing in human cells by relieving inhibitory signals from RB tumor suppressor proteins.

Traditional storage media like silicon chips and magnetic tapes are hitting their capacity limits. DNA offers a promising alternative —researchers at the Southern University of Science and Technology led by Xingyu Jiang asked if DNA based data storage could feel as familiar as popping in a cassette tape ( Sci.

Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their therapeutic potential untapped even as multidrug resistance becomes an increasingly urgent threat.

About a dozen studies in the past five years have made claims linking nearly every type of human cancer with the presence of microbiomes, "communities" of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in or on people's bodies.

Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient remains excavated at archeological sites near the country’s capital Bogota.