Microbes can also interact with enteroendocrine cells (EECs) present in the gut lining to send hormones throughout the body.

After collecting water samples from one of these rivers, students will use modern laboratory techniques to isolate bacterial DNA, fragment it into millions of tiny strands, and sequence them. The ...

However, extracting and purifying DNA from FFPE samples presents challenges, potentially causing DNA fragmentation, low yield, or low quality. Furthermore, FFPE extraction protocols are often ...

The main causes of death in patients with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome are a bacterial infection of the lungs called aspiration ...

"After the sample passes visual inspection, the barcode — which is the only identifying information shared with the ...

Most tuberculosis tests are conducted on sputum samples. The difficulty with this is that many people, particularly children ...

The researchers extracted DNA from the Old Crow mammoth as part of an extensive study of mammoth genetics. In the study, the researchers revealed "long-lost" genetic diversity from different ...

The Old Crow mammoth's DNA was in the oldest group of samples in the analysis, described as "deep-time DNA," but it wasn't the oldest. The oldest DNA, from Russia, was around 1.3 million years old.

Othram scientists developed a DNA extract, then used forensic genome sequencing to build a comprehensive genealogical profile, the company said. That profile was then used for genetic genealogy ...

Scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the forensic evidence and then used Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing to build a comprehensive genealogical profile for the unknown woman.