A noninvasive blood test to detect genetic material shed by tumors may help clinicians identify adverse events related to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs, investigators at the Johns ...

Students at Licking Heights High School are partnering with Amgen to solve mysteries using research-grade technology. ...

Crimson red ladybug spider with surprising scientific characteristics has been discovered in Morocco and named Eresus ...

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis is transforming precision medicine, offering a non-invasive window into the body, particularly in the context of cancer. This journal collection, hosted by npj Precision ...

Humanity has long been captivated by the idea of immortality, a desire to defy aging and death. While myths and literature ...

The microbial toxin colibactin has just the right shape to snuggle up to DNA — but its embrace is unfortunately more cancerous than cozy. Colibactin is produced by bacteria in the gut and causes ...

In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, ...

Researchers rediscover tiny tropical land snails, reclassifying lost species and reshaping the tree of life in Central ...

Running out of space on your phone? Don't upgrade your cloud-storage subscription just yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files and other digital data can be stored in strands ...

People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, ...

Researchers analyzed airborne DNA trapped on air filters collected since the 1960s in northern Sweden. Sequencing identified ...

DNA captured on air filters and stored since the 1960s acts as an ecological time capsule, according to a recent publication in Nature ...