Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA? Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA? And that 100% of your DNA may come from outer space? No joke. The biochemistry ...

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals ...

Matthew Disney began trying to understand the way RNA molecules are structured about 10 years ago while working toward an undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland. But he says he doesn't ...

This diagram depicts the chemical structure of pyrimidine, a six-membered aromatic ring with two nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 (highlighted in blue). The remaining positions are occupied by ...

Researchers have unveiled a new type of nanostructure that dramatically improves CRISPR delivery. Called lipid nanoparticle ...

Scientists sought to work out genetic errors by creating their own artificial genome, which replaced E. coli’s original ...

Northwestern scientists have developed a new nanostructure that supercharges CRISPR’s ability to safely and efficiently enter cells, potentially unlocking its full power to treat genetic diseases. By ...