The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health.

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 ...

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific protein, even proteins that would normally destroy them, such as ...

Oligonucleotide therapies are among the most promising biological therapeutics. They target disease at a different stage of ...

Scientists uncover how the nucleolus, a tiny structure within cells, may control aging and lifespan, opening new ...

When Xiao Wang applied to faculty jobs, many of the institutions where she interviewed thought her research proposal - to ...

Apple Silicon chips have transformed attitudes toward ARM architecture, from being suitable mostly for power-efficient mobile devices to also ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

Police hunting the killer of Milly Dowler said today that testing of 46 men associated with a church in the North East had not found a match for mystery DNA found on the schoolgirl's clothing.