The majority of RNAs in each of our cells don't code for any of the thousands of proteins that make up our bodies. Instead, ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules may be best known for their job ferrying the genetic information encoded in DNA to a cell's ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding ...

Each cell has their own genetic code that helps maintain viability and directs function.  This genetic code is commonly referred to as deoxyribonuclei | Immunology ...

A new study reveals that a transposable element binds to cellular DNA during the brief periods when nuclei break open as ...

Vaccines using mRNA are currently being studied for a wide range of diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, ...

The startup’s first prospect is a heart medicine that works differently than the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy drugs developed ...

The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

DNA-based therapeutics act in the nucleus, even manipulate the genome. RNA based therapeutics have direct biological targets that have specific functions within the cell. By tweaking the RNA code ...

when the structure of DNA and RNA was elucidated. The discovery of uracil and its pairing with adenine in RNA was a crucial milestone in understanding the genetic code and the central dogma of ...

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the process, viruses leave behind remnants throughout the genetic material ...

Failure of a gene-reading quality-control mechanism called Integrator leaves cells littered with abnormal RNA strands that ...