Researchers say discoveries could expand the CRISPR toolbox and lead to more efficient, rapid diagnostic tools for detecting COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

As the flu season ramps up, a mutated A(H3N2) strain is already driving outbreaks in Canada, the UK, and Japan. That’s why ...

Nucleosomes are barriers to RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) transcribing along gene bodies in eukaryotes. We found that a fragile “tailless nucleosome” could be generated to resolve the Pol II pausing ...

Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every ...

The intestinal epithelium undergoes rapid renewal every 3–5 days, a process driven by intestinal stem cells (ISCs) located at ...

In the journal ‘Nature,’ Utah State University biochemists and colleagues report newly discovered details about Cas12a3 ...

A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular ...

Infections accelerate aging by damaging cells and organs. Preventing them with vaccines, hand hygiene, masks, and clean air ...

Large language models like ChatGPT could soon drastically lower the informational barriers for planning and executing ...

Venture capitalist Meltem Demirors isn’t above the occasional splurge on bags, jewelry and other material things. But she ...

Evidence from multiple model systems supports a shift away from heme transport and toward metabolic dysfunction and oxidative stress as key drivers of TANGO2 deficiency.