Scientists analyzed ancient DNA extracted from an 8,000-year-old sheep bone and detected the Brucella melitensis pathogen. Brucellosis affects millions of people every year and causes significant harm ...

A new analysis method can detect pathogens in blood samples faster and more accurately than blood cultures, which are the current state of the art for infection diagnosis. The new method, called ...

Man kneeling at a burial site with remains of dead soldiers in Napoleon’s army. A mass grave discovered in 2001 in Vilnius, Lithuania, has the remains of at least 3,200 soldiers from Napoleon's Grande ...

The human genome project was undertaken to determine the human DNA sequence and analyze variation among individuals. To make use of this information, tools were developed that could collect and ...

Launched in 1990, The Human Genome Project was a monumental effort to sequence and analyze the entire human genome to understand how genetics influence health. While the Human Genome Project helped ...

Easy and reliable viral detection is important in accurate clinical diagnosis, agricultural analysis and monitoring the threat of bioterrorism. In the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National ...