As aging progresses, the quality of DNA and proteins inside cells declines, which is known to be the cause of various ...

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not without risk. When this type of "genetic surgery" is performed on DNA, for ...

Scientists say HHS’ decision to defund mRNA vaccine research will leave the country less prepared for pandemics, and make it ...

Researchers at San Diego State University and Michigan State University are shedding new light on how viruses meticulously ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

New research published in Nature has uncovered powerful evidence that may explain why a new chemical modification of RNA is ...

Using artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles that can more efficiently ...

Skyhawk recently started dosing patients in its phase 2/3 FALCON-HD trial of lead candidate SKY-0515, involving patients with ...

Mutations in a single gene, HNF1A, are known to cause MODY3, a rare, early-onset form of diabetes. Smaller-scale mutations in ...

A new nanotube-based RNA delivery system boosts plant regeneration by switching off a molecule that blocks shoot growth, without changing the plant's DNA.

The Vutara VXL is a benchtop optical microscope that's been optimized specifically for single-molecule localization. It uses ...

A new study, led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), identified tiny pieces of messenger RNA that ...