An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...

The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

“Integrating these data in large samples allowed us to identify early metabolic pathway changes that precede type 2 diabetes, providing new insights into disease mechanisms,” said Jun Li, MD, ...

The discovery, led by evolutionary genomics researcher Davide Bozzi, pushes back the evidence for treponemal diseases, as ...

From a 5,500-year-old human shinbone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, providing the oldest evidence yet that the disease has ancient roots in the ...

Human breast milk contains its own microbial ecosystem, and new research suggests these microbes may help seed an infant’s gut. Most discussions of breast milk highlight nutrients, antibodies, and the ...

Learn how ancient DNA from human remains revealed that syphilis circulated in the Americas thousands of years earlier than ...

A wolf puppy's frozen stomach contents have upended theories on the woolly rhinoceros extinction, revealing a genetically ...

The US has completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, the US Department of Health and Human Services said ...