Drugs made of mRNA have the potential to transform medicine—if only they could get into cells in one piece. Now, University of Connecticut researchers have shown that packaging mRNA like a virus could ...

How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins? The process of translation can be seen as the decoding of instructions for making proteins, involving mRNA in transcription as well as tRNA. But ...

Radiation therapy is highly effective at killing cancer cells, but it often harms healthy skin around the treatment area, a ...

Researchers shamelessly copy viral strategies to get mRNA medicines into cells in one piece (Illustration courtesy of Joe Luciani ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. The study reveals a ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...

Real-World Plasma Thymidine Kinase Activity in High-Risk and Metastatic Hormone Receptor–Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Negative Breast Cancer Treated With Cyclin-Dependent Kinase ...

N of 1 therapy uniquely developed, on demand, for infant with life-threatening rare metabolic disorder in six months Results published in The New England Journal of Medicine and showcased at American ...