Scientists have for the first time used artificial intelligence to design viruses capable of killing harmful bacteria. In a ...

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new way to fine-tune genetic material. Their study, published in Nature ...

Dementia has become one of the world’s most pressing health challenges. Millions of people live with the condition, and the ...

Dementia has become one of the world’s most pressing health challenges. Millions of people live with the condition, and the global costs reach into the hundreds of billions each year.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a small, enveloped DNA virus belonging to the Hepadnaviridae family and remains a global health ...

News headlines have blasted in recent weeks that the carrier of the potentially deadly parasite Trypanosoma cruzi —the cause ...

Professor Jens Hör of the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, Würzburg, Germany has received a prestigious ...

Scientists at UCL have demonstrated how ribonucleic acid and amino acids could have spontaneously linked together four ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

When scientists want to trace how a species has changed over time—and predict its prospects for survival—they turn to DNA.

Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant ...

People are still debating whether the mRNA from COVID-19 vaccines remains in the body longer than it should. Some say it ...