Researchers used cryo-EM to study how the HIV enzyme integrase arranges in 3D to slip its DNA into the host genome and pack ...
The interior of a cell is packed with proteins and nucleic acids, such as RNA, all of which need to perform specific ...
RNA in cells performs an astounding number of functions. Messenger RNA carries the sequences of active genes to cellular machinery that turns it into proteins. And transfer RNA molecules are an ...
Diagnosing heart failure in women can be particularly challenging. New research on biomarkers may lead to more accurate ...
An experimental RNA therapy from Avidity Biosciences has early clinical trial results showing it reduced by half the expression of a gene at the root of a rare, inherited form of muscular dystrophy ...
Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs ...
A study of a bacteria commonly used in dairy fermentation revealed how organized RNA helixes, called riboswitches, can combine different signals to keep gene expression in check. Researchers from the ...
The deal, which Novartis expects can “unlock multibillion-dollar opportunities” in the years ahead, hands the company a group ...
Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by ...
Novartis plans to acquire Avidity Biosciences to add RNA therapeutics to its neuroscience biz to target rare genetic ...