Nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA play a central role in gene therapies and vaccines. They store and transmit biological ...

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DNA from a distance ...

While this takes diagnostic services into the community, we must ensure on-the-spot collection of sputum samples for those ...

Emerging antiviral defense systems are expanding the conceptual and practical boundaries of genome editing. Across bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, hosts ...

In nature, a certain size is often a prerequisite for biomolecules to perform their specific functions. For example, for ...

Explore digital PCR’s potential, how the technology has transformed life science research, the challenges it faces and what ...

On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of ...

A resurfaced CIA document reveals that US intelligence once examined research hinting at a potential cancer treatment more than six decades ago.

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would later reshape biology and our understanding of life itself. A ...

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted protein engineering are enabling breakthroughs in the life sciences but also introduce new biosecurity challenges. Synthesis of nucleic acids is a ...

CRISPR has the power to correct genetic mutations, but current delivery methods are either unsafe or inefficient, keeping the technology from reaching its full medical potential. With the power to ...