A new RNA biotech has risen with a $200 million series A in the tank and a team of seasoned biotech chefs ready to light the burners. Soufflé Therapeutics will cook up siRNA medicines that are ...

In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute has identified a potential new drug against the virus ...

In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute has identified a potential new drug against the virus ...

CRISPR powers everything from gene editing to rapid diagnostics, but how did one of its most versatile branches arise? A new Cell study, “Functional RNA splitting drove the evolutionary emergence of ...

People are still debating whether the mRNA from COVID-19 vaccines remains in the body longer than it should. Some say it lingers and causes harm, others say that idea just doesn’t hold up. A new ...

KYOTO & FUJISAWA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--xFOREST Therapeutics Co., Ltd. (“xFOREST”) and Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners, Inc. (“Axcelead DDP”) today announced the launch of a joint research ...

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of which formed long before the sun even existed. "It's very fascinating to see ...

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of which formed long before the sun even existed. Taken together, the findings, ...

Early Earth may not have had the right ingredients for life — until a nearby Mars-size planet crashed into it, two new studies hint. Early Earth was a barren wasteland incapable of supporting life ...

Researchers demonstrated how amino acids could spontaneously attach to RNA under early Earth-like conditions using thioesters, providing a long-sought clue to the origins of protein synthesis. This ...