Since 2019, MIT researchers have published a new concept called prime editing, which is more precise than regular CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. As a result, it has fewer off-target effects and less chance ...

Two new research papers from the Living Brain Project at Mount Sinai present what is, by several metrics, the largest ...

They disable our defenses and hijack the cellular machinery in order to multiply successfully. For example, the herpes simplex virus 1, which causes blister-like skin rashes, and influenza viruses ...

Scientists are designing mRNA vaccines to produce virus-like nanoparticles, which should lead to a more robust immune ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baylor Genetics, a clinical diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of genetic testing, today showcased new research in RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to uncover ...

Plasmidsaurus, the leading global Sequencing as a Service company, today announced the launch of its new RNA-Seq service.

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is a type of molecule and a key building block of the ribosome, the cell's protein-making machinery. rRNA accounts for much of the RNA in a cell, and it's crucial for life.

Moderna faces significant uncertainty ahead of Q3 earnings, with heavy reliance on COVID vaccine revenues and limited ...

Mikhail Karasikov and his colleagues at ETH Zurich worked on MetaGraph, a search engine designed for genomic databases containing massive troves of DNA and RNA sequences.

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

An example of this conflict occurred in the 1920s when Trofim Lysenko, a Soviet biologist, rejected natural selection in ...