Researchers are embarking on the RNA equivalent of the Human Genome Project, including sequencing all the chemical ...

Scientists in China have unveiled a breakthrough way to mass-produce powerful cancer-fighting immune cells in the lab. By ...

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) represent the cutting edge of drug discovery. 1 These are amongst the most advanced medical treatments, specifically designed to correct the root genetic cause of an ...

Genetic modification of viruses has long been used as a strategy to treat and prevent different types of diseases. Specifically, it consists of exploiting certain characteristics of viruses that make ...

Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message, or mRNA, which is then converted into protein. Although DNA remains the same ...

Researchers at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered how eukaryotic cells can control gene activity even after losing one of their major gene-regulatory ...

A new artificial intelligence-driven pipeline developed in a collaborative research combines protein structure prediction, sequence design, and live-cell screening together to enable rapid conversion ...

Cows with “designer genetics” have been bred in a world first that could result in better steaks and burgers on UK shelves.

A research team has discovered a crucial mechanism that underlies chemotherapy resistance and metastasis in small cell lung ...