"This diversity of detected animals and the high animal detection rate per swab showcase that animal DNA can be readily sampled from leaves," says ... required automated extraction of nucleic ...

Oxidative stress causes damage to our DNA, cell membranes and tissues ... studies with 819 participants in total. Overall, olive leaf extract improved risk factors for heart disease.

In addition to using fresh leaves for sampling, we implemented a purification ... The results confirmed that our DNA extraction method was performing as intended. Just the beginning for plant genome ...

Herbicide-resistant kochia remains one of the most troublesome weeds to manage in North Dakota fields, says Victor Gomes, ...

Researchers have had great success extracting and analyzing DNA from ancient teeth ... DNA stored deep inside the object emerged. This method leaves the artifact undamaged. As they fine-tuned ...

Scientists have uncovered a critical role for rapid DNA repair in maintaining genome stability. A new study reveals that ...

Challenge students to design their own experimental protocol to extract DNA from strawberries. By developing their own protocol and presenting their findings in a lab meeting, students learn the ...

However, hitherto, the process of DNA extraction has involved destructive sampling and the risk of altering the specimens. While treatments with guanidinium thiocyanate solution and EDTA solution ...

Just a few swabs from a handful of leaves can say a lot about what animals ... The swabs picked up environmental DNA, or eDNA, shed from 52 animals, 30 of which could be identified to the species ...

University of Oxford researchers have contributed to the first successful extraction of ancient DNA from a 2,900 year-old clay brick. The analysis, published today in Nature Scientific Reports, ...

“By extracting DNA from tools and ornaments directly, we can now begin to study the division of labor and the role of individuals [from different Homo species] in Pleistocene societies,” says ...