Only recently has the ribosome—one of the oldest molecular machines in evolutionary terms—been recognized as an active ...

RNA is generally single-stranded, as DNA is transcribed by RNA polymerases into mRNA (messenger RNA), which is read by ribosomes to generate protein (translation). Biologically active RNAs ...

The research field of "cellular IRESes" lay dormant for decades, as there was no uniform standard of reliable methods for the ...

A breakthrough in safely delivering therapeutic DNA to cells could transform treatment for millions suffering from common ...

Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Toronto have revealed how a tiny ...

Mouse cells tweaked to produce the tardigrade protein incurred less DNA damage than unaltered cells — hinting at a new tool for cancer patient care.

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

RNA splicing is a modification of the nascent pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) transcript in which introns are removed and exons are joined prior to translation. For many eukaryotic introns ...

An antibody discovery platform revealed more than 60 monoclonal antibodies specific to patients with alpha-gal syndrome, ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems.