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

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

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

Waltham, Massachusetts–based Skyhawk Therapeutics has been collecting collaborations with larger companies in spades since ...

The collaboration will explore RNA-based small molecule drug candidates aimed at neurological conditions where existing ...

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

Using artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles that can more efficiently ...

The Vutara VXL is a benchtop optical microscope that's been optimized specifically for single-molecule localization. It uses ...

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

RNA is a crucial linchpin of many cellular activities, including the process by which genetic material is expressed as proteins. The more scientists study RNA, the more surprises they continue to ...

Transfer RNA (tRNA) then carries the appropriate amino acids into the ribosome for inclusion in the new protein. Meanwhile, the ribosomes themselves consist largely of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) molecules.