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Camarillo-Guerrero, L. F., Almeida, A., Rangel-Pineros, G., Finn, R. D. & Lawley, T. D. Massive expansion of human gut bacteriophage…

Credit: MedicalRF.com / Getty Images Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed embryo-like structures that mimic aspects of early…

Phages (blue) replicating inside a bacterial pathogen. [Wildpixel/Getty Images] Although it well known that the human gut contains a large…

Our cells are continually being exposed to environmental assaults. For instance, skin is exposed to pollutants and UV radiation. Our…

Credit: Andrew Brookes / Getty Images Blood protein profiles for dozens of diseases have been released in an open-access, online…

For many scientists, the first glimpse of a DNA sequence—those colored peaks marking A, T, C, and G—sparked a lifelong…

Sample collectionTwo epithelial brushes (2–3 cm2) from the bladder top (dome) and the bladder floor (trigone) were obtained from 53 people…

The contribution of genetics to the variability in people’s metabolism has remained largely unknown. This is, in part, because genetic…

Researchers converted a kidney with type-A blood to type-O.Credit: Sherry Yates Young/Science Photo LibraryScientists have converted the blood type of…

In a new paper, scientists have reported the first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A…