Scientists have used DNA sequencing for the first time to effectively track the spread of, and ultimately contain, an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to new research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases...
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Convinced you're more environmentally aware than your neighbors? Now you can find out: scientists have mapped the entire energy use of New York City, building by building. More »
Researchers have begun to identify which mutations and pathway changes lead to lung cancer in never-smokers - a first step in developing potential therapeutic targets. Never-smokers (defined as an individual who smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime) are estimated to account...
They make up less than one-hundredth of 1 percent of the microbes that live in the colon, but the bacteria and archaea that sop up hydrogen in the gut are fundamental to colon health. In a new study, researchers take a first look at these "hydrogenotrophic" microbes, mapping where they live and...