Reducing our intake of a single amino acid called methionine, which we get from the food we eat, could help protect against ...

Billions of years ago, a rock crack exuding heat could have brought different biomolecules together to kickstart protein ...

Nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are polymers of nucleotides – each nucleotide consists of a pentose sugar, a phosphate group and one of the nitrogenous bases (purines and pyrimidines). Nucleic acids ...

For the first of these tasks Dr Baker and his colleagues use RF diffusion, an AI model they have developed to predict a ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

Nucleic acid immunity involves a sophisticated set of mechanisms for identifying nucleic acids by immune receptors, playing a vital role in physiological ...

A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

Professor Hirohide Saito (Department of Life Science Frontiers at CiRA / The University of Tokyo) and Assistant Professor ...

With a $50 million initial investment from Flagship, Terrana will use RNA from benign plant viruses as a chassis to carry ...

Summary: New research reveals how a tiny chemical mark on RNA helps wire the brain during development. Scientists discovered ...