How do related proteins develop different functions? This is the question investigated by a research team involving Kiel ...

Short-read sequencing built the modern genomics era. Illumina platforms, generating millions of short DNA fragments in ...

Plasma cell-free RNA (cfRNA) is a promising source of non-invasive biomarkers, but its clinical translation is hindered by technical challenges and a lack of protocol standardization, which ...

A new RNA search engine can scan millions of cells in seconds for mutations, pathogens, isoforms and other biological clues.

Imagine doctors could understand exactly which cells caused a patient's cancer or whether pathogens contributed to the ...

Professor Jeremy Sanford chairs the Department of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology and co-directs the RNA Center at UC Santa Cruz. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the first ...

The personalized cancer vaccine being developed by Moderna and Merck has boosted hopes that mRNA technology could open up a ...

Alcohol-related liver disease may trap damaged liver cells in a regenerative limbo, preventing the organ from rebuilding ...

Researchers at UC San Diego have demonstrated that a key cellular enzyme can accurately read an eight-letter genetic alphabet ...

Did DNA and life itself really arise spontaneously in puddles or undersea vents 3.8 billion years ago, or is this a sign that ...

BreakBio, the third player in personalized drugs after Moderna and BioNTech and the top private company in the personalized drugs space with advanced cutting-edge technology, is entering the clinic ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tasked scientists with developing a system that can receive ...