Wild animals are getting and spreading the deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Wild animals are getting and spreading the deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
J. Craig Venter plans to develop a machine to find and sequence DNA on Mars, but another genomics mogul, Jonathan Rothberg, may beat him to it.
A river system in Colorado contains high concentrations of antibiotic resistance genes in areas close to water-treatment plants.
An African rat helps detect tuberculosis in Tanzania, prompting the Mozambique government to pursue a similar project.
Overturning previous studies, a peculiar protozoan mysteriously uses a DNA-markup system to take out the genetic trash.
French scientists identify a new giant virus, which carries the genome of a smaller virus and a new breed of mobile DNA.
Mites that were attacked by rival species as juveniles attack the young of their former assailants more frequently when they reach adulthood.
Monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus have a higher diversity of gut viruses, pointing to a possible role of the virome in SIV pathogenesis.
Amid Nobel Prize announcements this week, critics find awarding individuals in specific disciplines at odds with today’s interdisciplinary, team-led research.