A research team at Florida State University's Institute of Molecular Biophysics and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ...

RNA, widely known from the COVID-19 vaccine, is not actually a "therapeutic agent," but a technology that delivers the ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing RNA in eukaryotic cells and eventually giving rise to proteins. Scientists ...

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new ...

New Houston Methodist research has revealed that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and ...

A forested hill and clouds are in the background of an image of a shallow pool of steaming water, with the ground underneath colored in shades of beige, red, and brown. Life may have first emerged in ...

Viruses are typically described as tiny, perfectly geometric shells that pack genetic material with mathematical precision, ...

DNA–protein cross-links (DPCs) represent a severe form of DNA damage that can disrupt essential chromatin-based processes. Among them, DNA–histone ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

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