Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs to live. But as far as how ribosomes themselves were formed, tantalizingly ...

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, ...

It's no secret that we need new ways to treat and detect disease, including cancer. Specifically, we need better biomarkers that can be used for diagnosis and better ways to selectively get medicine ...

It’s no secret that we need new ways to treat and detect disease, including cancer. Specifically, we need better biomarkers that can be used for diagnosis and better ways to selectively get medicine ...

People are still debating whether the mRNA from COVID-19 vaccines remains in the body longer than it should. Some say it lingers and causes harm, others say that idea just doesn’t hold up. A new ...

KYOTO & FUJISAWA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--xFOREST Therapeutics Co., Ltd. (“xFOREST”) and Axcelead Drug Discovery Partners, Inc. (“Axcelead DDP”) today announced the launch of a joint research ...

He was only 37 when he made a discovery that challenged the existing tenets of biology and led to an understanding of retroviruses and viruses, including H.I.V. By Gina Kolata David Baltimore, a ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Aptamers, single-stranded nucleic acids that fold into unique three-dimensional shapes ...

All living organisms and viruses depend on RNA molecules to survive. As well as being the blueprint from which all proteins are made, RNA molecules also regulate protein synthesis, gene expression, ...