With continued investment in mRNA research, Donald Trump could turn the stalemate against cancer into a decisive breakthrough ...

In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

A research team has unveiled a small molecule that hunts down a cancer-enabling RNA and quietly erases it. Researchers have designed a groundbreaking drug molecule capable of precisely eliminating ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects ...

Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are viruses that infect bacteria. Using phages therapeutically could be very useful in fighting antibiotic-resistant pathogens, but the molecular interactions ...

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of ...

Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research have found a dual genetic test is more accurate than the traditional approach in identifying multiple myeloma patients who may be at an elevated risk of ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...

The influenza A virus (IAV) has been the cause of six major flu pandemics, responsible for 50 to 100 million deaths globally. In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that despite seasonally updated ...