The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic eye disorder affecting around one in 5,000 people worldwide. It typically begins with ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most ...

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

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

New research provides a mechanistic map of how genetic mutations disrupt RNA splicing in acute myeloid leukemia.