A Northwestern team transformed a common chemotherapy drug into a powerful, targeted cancer therapy using spherical nucleic ...

Scientists at NUS have found that DNA’s phosphate groups can guide chemical reactions like molecular “hands.” Chemists at the (NUS) have discovered an unexpected way to use deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) ...

Research reveals that grey hairs are a small example of a cell choosing to bow out rather than risk turning malignant ...

Bowhead whales produce a unique protein that repairs DNA damage, a discovery that could help humans extend lifespan and ...

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal, the bowhead whale, revealing a mechanism that could potentially prolong the human lifespan ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an ...

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

This new stance runs counter to the Trump ... RNA has a similar structure to its cousin DNA, although it's composed of only ...

An artificial intelligence model predicts how brain immune cells react to RNA and DNA nanoparticles, helping scientists design safer and more effective nucleic acid therapies faster.