How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of life's most versatile molecules, with roles going far beyond being a messenger of genetic ...

Everyone knows that the fall brings flu season, replete with aches, pains and a new version of the vaccine. But why is cold ...

Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

What if the brain's response to stress could be read not in fleeting neurotransmitter bursts, but in the quieting of genes ...

The decades-long quest to harness the power of messenger RNA to enhance cancer treatment has focused primarily on its value ...

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, ...

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

RNA has a similar structure to its cousin DNA ... to protein-construction sites where the complex molecules that do most of ...

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.

The observation that mRNA vaccines can sensitize tumors to immunotherapy has researchers eager to test how mRNA’s ability to activate the immune system could be harnessed in oncology.

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...