Discover the importance of nucleic acids for your health. Learn what foods are good sources of nucleic acids and how to ...

A joint research team has discovered a new molecular switch that determines when plant leaves begin to age. The research team has identified for the first time a new mechanism in which RNA made from ...

Researchers used cryo-EM to study how the HIV enzyme integrase arranges in 3D to slip its DNA into the host genome and pack ...

Diagnosing heart failure in women can be particularly challenging. New research on biomarkers may lead to more accurate ...

Epitranscriptomics, the study of dynamic co- or post-transcriptional modifications on RNA, has emerged as a vibrant field in ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs ...

An immune cell type called macrophages, found throughout the body's tissues, are often referred to as the body's clean-up ...

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by developmental delay.

Scientists found a virus-like living entity in human bodies named "obelisks" - small loops of RNA, each a thousand genetic ...

Blocking a small RNA molecule called miR-140-3b can improve motor function in a mouse model of SMA, a study suggests.