New research uncovers that aging activates a new type of stem cell that rapidly produces fat cells, explaining why belly fat often expands in middle age.

Oregon Health & Science University, in collaboration with Oregon State University, has discovered the structural organization ...

In a perspective, Northwestern Engineering’s Chad Mirkin and Milan Mrksich argue that structural precision drives therapeutic ...

Studying the RNA cargo of exosomes also enables a deeper understanding of disease pathogenesis, with exosomal RNA sequencing ...

RNA-based technologies are a powerful molecular biology toolbox, empowering scientists to decipher the complexities of living ...

Two novel agents targeting angiopoietin-like protein 3 demonstrated safety and lipid-lowering capabilities in phase 2 trials, ...

Among the major classes of RNAs in the cell, tRNAs remain the most difficult to characterize via deep sequencing approaches, as tRNA structure and nucleotide modifications can each interfere with cDNA ...

Prostate cancer has distinct genetic properties in different groups of men that could be targeted to improve patient outcomes, new research suggests.

Scientists found a genetic link between autism and DM1, where repeat DNA sequences disrupt brain gene splicing. This sheds ...

A team of scientists led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have released one of the world's largest ...

A new software algorithm developed at Caltech enables researchers to easily search for viruses in RNA sequence data, enabling ...

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