The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not ...

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

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

Similar to the way the caps on the ends of a shoelace prevent it from fraying, telomeres—regions of repetitive DNA sequences ...

The collaboration will explore RNA-based small molecule drug candidates aimed at neurological conditions where existing ...

The quest for a vaccine against HIV has been going on for about 40 years — almost as long as the virus that causes AIDS has ...

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

A previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters may hold the key to mass die-offs in the multimillion-dollar industry, according to research from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in ...

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

A gene identified more than 30 years ago has now revealed its role as a natural microRNA (miRNA) sponge to fine-tune the ...

The RNA World concept is the idea that billions of years ago — before current life based on DNA, RNA and proteins — the primary living substance was RNA or something chemically similar. This ...