This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the ...
Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to ...
RNA modifications are increasingly recognized as clinically relevant biomarkers, revealing immune dysregulation in autoimmune disease, early oncogenic signaling, and RNA misprocessing in ...
Obelisks—tiny RNA circles with protein-coding genes—have been found in the human microbiome, revealing a hidden RNA universe ...
RNA is a central biological macromolecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA function ...
Why does Hepatitis E become chronic in some patients, and why do medications not work? To find out, an international research team led by scientists from Bochum observed a patient with chronic ...
Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...
In 2020, Juan Alfonzo, a professor of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry, began a project out of “pure COVID boredom.” Now, that project may become the largest scientific undertaking ...
A study has found that more than 41,000 missing RNA transcripts and hundreds of potential new genes have been overlooked due ...
Like the find-and-replace feature of a word processor, CRISPR-based engineering allows scientists to quickly and efficiently edit DNA sequences with base pair precision. Lauded as the great ...