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

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 ...

Scientists say HHS’ decision to defund mRNA vaccine research will leave the country less prepared for pandemics, and make it ...

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

Similar to the way the caps on the ends of a shoelace prevent it from fraying, telomeres—regions of repetitive DNA sequences ...

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, known to be the cause of various degenerative ...

New research published in Nature has uncovered powerful evidence that may explain why a new chemical modification of RNA is ...

Mutations in a single gene, HNF1A, are known to cause MODY3, a rare, early-onset form of diabetes. Smaller-scale mutations in ...

Skyhawk recently started dosing patients in its phase 2/3 FALCON-HD trial of lead candidate SKY-0515, involving patients with ...

A new nanotube-based RNA delivery system boosts plant regeneration by switching off a molecule that blocks shoot growth, without changing the plant's DNA.