With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This ...

This research topic focuses on the exploration and analysis of alternative nucleic acid structures within microbial systems, ...

Alternative RNA splicing is similar to a movie editor cutting and rearranging scenes from the same video to produce distinct ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality, with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) ...

Boston biotech hC Bioscience shuts down after failed hemophilia A program, CEO Leslie Williams says. Company had raised $40M ...

Avidity Biosciences shared Monday that its RNA drug for people with certain mutations of Duchenne muscular dystrophy ...

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an ...

Researchers have developed pig retinal organoids to understand how stem cell-derived photoreceptor cells work as a ...

Life on Earth may not have begun with a big lightning strike in the ocean, as scientists once thought. Instead, tiny electric sparks from crashing waves and waterfalls—called “microlightning”—might ...

A new method of examining gene expression patterns called landscape transcriptomics may help pinpoint what causes bumble bees stress and could eventually give insight into why bee populations are ...

Researchers have revealed a new scientific clue that could unlock the key cellular pathway leading to devastating neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

Researchers have revealed that vascular dysfunction can contribute to neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and ...