One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

When disease begins forming inside the human body, something subtle happens long before symptoms appear. Individual molecules ...

A research group at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) has identified a candidate ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, a pioneer in harnessing blood-based small RNAs for early disease detection and characterization, today announced the publication of a new study in Nature Communications ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are looking to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, as an alternative.

Instead of finding treatments for one rare disease, two University at Albany researchers have developed a compound that could ...

A study by the Federal University of São Paulo describes how SARS-CoV-2 interacts with the RNA of infected lung cells in an unprecedented way. The results may guide the search for new treatments and ...

An innovative three-color method for capturing images of mRNA inside live mammalian cells has been developed by UMass Amherst chemists. Because RNA is both incredibly important to human life and ...