Researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, ...

Scientists often call it an antenna. This tiny structure, sticking out from the surface of most human cells, is known as the ...

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Scientists in Tokyo have uncovered “Inocles,” massive strands of extrachromosomal DNA hidden inside bacteria in human mouths. These giants, overlooked by traditional sequencing, could explain how oral ...

DNA-encoded library (DEL) screening has become a standard tool in small-molecule drug discovery. Yet, even as its adoption ...

Functional characterization of Inocle. A schematic describing what Inocles do and where they're found. It shows the kinds of ...

Despite being made from a relatively simple set of building blocks, ribonucleic acid (RNA) has a broad array of complex ...

Mitochondria act as energy factories in cells and have their own, separate DNA. Mutations to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have ...

Mitochondria act as energy factories in cells and have their own, separate DNA. Mutations to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been observed in cancer, but it has been unclear how these changes might ...

When cells are healthy, we don't expect them to suddenly change cell types. A skin cell on your hand won't naturally morph ...