DNA structures captured in ‘exquisite detail’ using new technique

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

Cancer drug made 20,000 times more potent in breakthrough

Tested in animal models of acute myeloid leukemia, the new nanomedicine was dramatically more effective while also less toxic.

Decoding how cells choose to become muscles or neurons

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

AI tool uncovers genetic blueprint of the brain's largest communication bridge

For the first time, a research team led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has mapped the genetic architecture of a ...

Molecular dynamics simulations use atomistic force field to capture RNA folding with high accuracy

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of life's most versatile molecules, with roles going far beyond being a messenger of genetic ...
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USC researchers map genetic architecture of the human corpus callosum

For the first time, a research team led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has mapped the genetic architecture of a ...
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations Accurately Recreate the RNA Folding Process Ribonucleic Acid

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of life's most versatile molecules, with roles going far beyond being a messenger of genetic ...
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Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith, Who Discovered Molecular ‘Scissors’ to Cut DNA, Dies at 94

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...