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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Waltham, Massachusetts–based Skyhawk Therapeutics has been collecting collaborations with larger companies in spades since ...

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 ...

RNA is a crucial linchpin of many cellular activities, including the process by which genetic material is expressed as proteins. The more scientists study RNA, the more surprises they continue to ...