DNA sequence analysis software needn't be expensive. For a decade, molecular biologist Kjeld Olesen has spent much of his spare time developing pDRAW32, a free sequence-analysis software package for ...

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

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

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

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

The case against Long Island’s suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer has emerged as a potentially precedent-setting ...

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