Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Some viruses mutate more rapidly than others. Learn more about why that is and what that means for your health.

Cells move their genetic material from one place to another in the form of RNA. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Before 2020, when my friends and acquaintances asked me what ...

Our genes contain all the instructions our body needs to function, but their expression must be finely regulated to guarantee that each cell performs its role optimally. This is where DNA and RNA ...

RNA plays a vital role in how our genes are expressed and how diseases develop. Yet, because RNA molecules constantly change shape, understanding how they work has long been a major scientific ...

This story is part of our series on viroids and virusoids, small infectious RNAs. The story is also the second installment in a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like pathogen that causes ...

UK scientists are working on a Covid-19 vaccine using a new technology that could potentially prevent countless deaths from a wide variety of diseases. Indeed, if successful, the application of ...

How does aggregated tau wreak damage? In the January 6 Science Advances, researchers led by Bess Frost at the University of Texas Health San Antonio make a case for tau unleashing double-stranded RNA.