In the fast-evolving field of medical science, a new artificial intelligence model may be about to change the way mRNA-based ...

Arizona State University image: DNA transcription is a crucial process in the expression of genetic information, as it converts the information stored in DNA into messenger RNA, which can then be ...

The RNA helicase DDX3X spends its days unwinding RNA:RNA duplexes and binding key mediators of RNA metabolism. A regulator of RNA transcription, splicing, nuclear export, and translation, DDX3X plays ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double helix—Crick laid out what he called the “central dogma” of molecular ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are commonly adult-onset conditions characterized by degeneration of specific neuronal populations. Familial forms are caused by mutations in single genes, but most patients ...

RNA therapeutics comprise a rapidly expanding category of drugs that will speed clinical solutions, actualize personalized medicine, and make the term “undruggable” obsolete, according to a March 2021 ...

Researchers at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a previously ...

New findings show how thioesters could have been built, an important step to providing the energy needed for protein ...

Francesca Storici consults at Tessera Therapeutics. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both ...

Early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it was clear that quick and accurate diagnostic techniques were required to deal with emerging infections and offset the negative impacts of ...