The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in ...

DNA-encoded library (DEL) screening has become a standard tool in small-molecule drug discovery. Yet, even as its adoption ...

Researchers have reconstructed transcription in human mitochondria in unprecedented detail, revealing potential drug targets ...

A tangle of DNA can look like a knotted ball in the cell nucleus. However, the genetic machinery has a complex and regulated ...

Hepatitis B, a widespread viral infection, targets the liver and can lead to chronic issues if not managed. While some clear ...

Scientists often call it an antenna. This tiny structure, sticking out from the surface of most human cells, is known as the ...

A traditional cassette tape holds roughly 10 to 12 songs on each side, but 328 feet of this DNA cassette tape could hold the ...

Epigenetics, a relatively underappreciated field by those unfamiliar with its significance, holds profound implications for our overall health and well-being. Simply put, epigenetics explores how ...

While scientists are amassing a fair amount of data regarding our gut microbiomes, the oral microbiome is a bit of a new ...

A protein historian and evolutionary biochemist found that a protein sequence present across all known life didn’t form as ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known ...