Even gene drives aimed at controlling malaria-carrying mosquitoes rely on CRISPR’s precision. Among CRISPR’s many variants, the compact Type V Cas12 enzymes—key players in genome editing, diagnostics, ...

The director of UVA’s treatment program sees reason for “cautious optimism” after a small study’s positive results.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a comprehensive atlas of genetic coding sequences in both healthy adult ...

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CRISPR-Cas systems are adaptive immune systems found in prokaryotes that defend against invading nucleic acids through CRISPR ...

Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug ...

Cancer cells are relentless in their quest to grow and divide, often rewiring their metabolism and modifying RNA to stay one ...

Unlike the deodorant you coat your armpits in every morning, whole body deodorant doesn’t have the same heavy-duty ...

As lawmakers prepare legislation to roll back mandates, the surgeon general has floated going one step further: banning mRNA vaccines. Medical experts say that would have public health implications.

RNA therapies have emerged as a transformative modality across vaccines, cancer immunotherapy, and gene editing. Novel delivery vehicles that can protect ...

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) ...

Should we be prioritising our careers? Do our kids really need us at home? 11 women with grown-up kids on what they’d do ...