Weissman was one of 77 signatories, all Nobel Prize winners, who sent an open letter on Dec. 9, 2024 to the U.S. Senate ...

All known natural life uses L (left-handed) amino acids in proteins and D (right-handed) sugars in DNA and RNA. In contrast, mirror life would use D proteins and L sugars — effectively a reversed ...

A new study has identified a mutation in the TREM2 gene that disrupts the brain’s ability to clear toxic amyloid plaques, increasing Alzheimer’s disease risk.

Brown stayed with the company and eventually moved up to director of operations. Then the startup went public. With a ...

A team of scientists has mapped the regions surrounding stem cells in planarians—small flatworms that are famous for being ...

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.

Cancer cells are known to reawaken embryonic genes to grow. A new study reveals the disease also hijacks the proteins, or "editors", that control how those genes are read.

Agentic AI technology can free up human beings from repetitive tasks that can be automated, leaving people free to apply ...

What's the difference between CIF and mmCIF? Our interactive guide breaks down these crucial structural biology data formats ...

A research team at the Seville Biomedical Institute (IBis) has identified a new molecular mechanism that explains the high ...

Reproductive biologists at Nanjing University tried to see whether a male mouse's mastery of treadmill running could somehow ...