RNA is usually portrayed as a molecule that works deep inside the cell, helping to turn genetic information into proteins.

RNA Australia has ended a year-long search for a chief executive, announcing the appointment of biopharmaceutical expert and ...

RNA does more than previously thought: it also operates on the outside of cells. Research by biochemist Jack Li shows that this may be important for how the immune system responds to disease.

Bacteria use a short RNA guide to detect viruses and activate a self-destruct mechanism that protects the wider microbial ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are ...

A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown for the first time that a father’s ...

Plants' root systems also act as carbon storehouses, which reduce the amount of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere.

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Imagine if you could fix a spelling mistake in a long document with just one click. Now, imagine doing the same with the genetic code of a plant or even a human cell. That’s ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are looking to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, as an alternative.

Ribosomes—the tiny factories that build proteins in our cells—don't all work with the same efficiency. Researchers from Japan ...