The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced this month it had entered into a partnership with gene-sequencing giant Illumina to use advanced DNA technology to study thousands of cryopreserved ...
Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet capable of the fundamental steps of self-replication. They call it QT45 — ...
In other developments, the EPA launches a group to coordinate its PFAS work, and the UN plastics treaty committee has a new head ...
Different DNA Structures Nucleate the Folding of Proteins to form specific complexes that modulate the readout of ...
Life may have begun when RNA molecules began to replicate themselves, and now we’ve finally found an RNA molecule that is very close to being able to do this ...
The rise of AI and synthetic biology has made deadly diseases look like a ‘low-risk, high-reward’ option for would-be ...
Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.
T o make good decisions on any question the public needs to be well-informed, something not so easily accomplished in America’s schools. That is a key point made by Michael Kent, a recently retired ...
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed software that reduces the time needed ...
DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...
When scientists sequence tumor DNA, they typically find small amounts of genetic code from bacteria, viruses and ...
Rutgers Develops New Tool for Examining Cancer Genomic Data that Could Improve Treatment When scientists sequence tumor DNA, ...