Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

After an early start to the flu season, various public health authorities, including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

Researchers uncovered a previously unknown CRISPR immune response in bacteria that targets transfer RNAs. The newly ...

Scientists have discovered a new CRISPR mechanism with precise activity, expanding the potential applications of the existing ...

A novel CRISPR defense mechanism, unlike known nucleases, specifically destroys transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNA) that are ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

So if we’re right, each former human is now essentially a radio transmitter and receiver. One plurb sends out a signal that ...

The safety of mRNA vaccines, hailed as a saviour in the covid-19 pandemic, has been called into question by the US ...

The study’s authors include scientists from Colorado State University, the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories and the ...

An HIV-derived nucleoside therapy now treats rare genetic diseases by restoring mitochondrial DNA and improving muscle ...