Mitochondria act as energy factories in cells and have their own, separate DNA. Mutations to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have ...

About a dozen studies in the past five years have made claims linking nearly every type of human cancer with the presence of ...

Colorectal cancer is unique in having its own microbial "fingerprint," according to new research from the University of East ...

The method offers a scalable way to scour unculturable bacteria for new drug leads and help illuminate a previously hidden microbial world.

An analysis of the bones and teeth of ancient mammoths (Mammuthus) has identified some of the microorganisms that lived in ...

At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that ...