DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

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

Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, giant DNA elements that had previously escaped detection.

Researchers at Beijing Genomics and IMDEA Nanociencia institutes have introduced a novel method that could significantly ...