In the 20th century, when a routine infection was treated with a standard antibiotic, recovery was expected. But over time, ...

Roughly one out of three women ages 14-49 in the United States develop a vaginal bacterial imbalance known as bacterial ...

With the availability of complete genome sequences for many strains of different bacterial pathogens ... which can occur through HGT; and DNA deletions, rearrangements and point mutations.

In this article, we discuss transformation, bacterial transformation in particular, and how scientists can utilize it to ...

Crucially, CRISPR systems can only destroy DNA that matches a "memory" captured from a prior infection and stored within the ...

Transposons, or "jumping genes"—DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another—are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance. Cornell ...

This kit utilizes a rapid spin column method to purify total DNA from a wide range of bacteriophages cultured in liquid-grown ...

The Gilgo Beach murder case is moving toward trial, but Rex Heuermann's attorneys are challenging something called nuclear DNA testing​​.

Researchers have discovered a handful of new CRISPR-Cas systems that could add to the capabilities of the already transformational gene editing and DNA manipulation toolbox. Of the new recruits, one ...

"The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique allows the rapid detection and identification of microbes based on their variation in genomic sequence without time-consuming culturing or ...