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

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

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 ...

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

Thousands of previously “invisible” microproteins—tiny chains of fewer than 100 amino acids—can profoundly change human ...

Over the last few years, scientists and entrepreneurs have flocked to developing medicines that target RNA, the genetic ...

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

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

While the process via which different types of neurons are produced, also known as neurogenesis, has been the focus of ...

Much the way the caps on the ends of a shoelace prevent it from fraying, telomeres - regions of repetitive DNA sequences and a protein structure - protect the tips of chromosomes from damage.

Circurna, ( a biotechnology company advancing its proprietary ciRNA™ circular RNA platform, and GATC Health, a leading tech-bio company leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to transform drug ...

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