A ribozyme found by accident selectively repairs broken RNA, suggesting early life could have preserved its genetic code ...

Scientists visually tracked an RNA intron jumping from a predator to its prey, revealing insights into gene transfer across ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

Evidence of a newly identified mechanism of horizontal gene transfer raises important questions about how evolution works.

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

Scientists have uncovered a possible new route by which “jumping genes” move between species. Credit: Shutterstock. A jumping ...

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are one of the biggest medical breakthroughs of recent years. It was first introduced during ...

Among treatment-naive adults living with HIV, CD4 to CD8 ratios do not differ significantly between those on dolutegravir ...

Researchers found that mRNA cancer vaccines can recruit an unexpected immune cell to launch powerful tumor-fighting responses ...

Dune Part Three science gets graded against real biology and physics as the December 18 film’s new IMAX trailer drops: somatic cell nuclear transfer already clones primates, Gödel’s incompleteness ...

Billions of mRNA vaccine doses administered globally confirm their safety and effectiveness against infectious diseases, ...