Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such ...

Disrupting the G-loop cycle causes transcriptome dysregulation and genome instability, revealing key role in cell survival ...

For a long time, scientists depended on luck to find new proteins. In 1840, for example, Friedrich Ludwig Hünefeld, a German ...

A new method, based on the use of molecules known as polypurine hairpins, facilitates the uptake of cholesterol by cells and ...

When the amount of cholesterol in the blood is too high, hypercholesterolemia can develop, causing serious damage to the ...

A molecular reinterpretation of Alice in Wonderland reveals an ancient protein with a surprising function. In a ...

This study provides useful information on the impact of Lamin A/C knockdown on gene expression using RNA-Seq analysis. In addition, the impact of Lamin A/C knockdown on telomere dynamics is explored ...

You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania with a rare genetic disorder was healed with a personalized ...

The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about how poxvirus hijacks its host's protein synthesis machinery ...

In the process, DNA is transcribed into RNA and then translated into functional ... of how synthetic cells can be created that bypass protein synthesis, which is essential in living cells.

This film creatively illustrates the process of protein synthesis through dance ... instructions for amino acid sequences via messenger RNA (mRNA), which is translated by ribosomes with the ...