Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut, and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut, and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
The beaches around the Gulf of Mexico harbor different nematodes, protists and fungi now than they did before the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010.
New PCR assay can detect more than 40 strains of H5N1 in a single go.
EDITOR'S CHOICE IN MICROBIOLOGY The paper S. Alsford et al., “High-throughput decoding of antitrypanosomal drug efficacy and resistance,” Nature, 482:232-36, 2012. The finding Trypanosoma brucei, the single-cell protozoan that causes the tropical
Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History use DNA barcoding to show that even sardines infected with nematodes can still be kosher.
With the help of a mother, one researcher uncovered a common link between autism and a devastating bone disease.
Out with toothpicks and pipettors; in with automation.
After 20 years of high-profile failure, gene therapy is finally well on its way to clinical approval.
David Rimoin, a medical geneticist and the founding president of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, passes away at age 75.
New research suggests that controlling cytoskeletal dynamics in sperm accessory cells may help regulate male fertility.