A parasitic worm accumulates epigenetic DNA tags over its lifetime.
A parasitic worm accumulates epigenetic DNA tags over its lifetime.
In mutating to evade immune detection, HIV becomes susceptible to detection by different antibodies, suggesting new strategies for vaccination.
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.
Researchers estimate annual investment needed to conserve habitats and save the world’s most at-risk species.