A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

Scientists with the Synthetic Human Genome Project are trying to create artificial human DNA from scratch, leading to numerous ethical concerns. While the ...

For the first time, the extreme variability in dengue fever has been linked to a biological mechanism, potentially opening ...

Plant RNA viruses pose a significant threat to global agriculture, affecting a vast array of crop species and leading to ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after ...

ProBio, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in cell and gene therapy, today ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Whether antiretroviral therapy (ART) is always completely suppressive, or HIV might continue to replicate at low levels despite ART in some people with HIV (PWH), is still debated. Here, we ...

But it's not just music floating on the breeze. The air of Dublin also contains cannabis, poppy, even magic mushrooms—at least their DNA. That's according to a new study in Nature Ecology ...

Scientists Built a Tiny DNA ‘Hand’ That Grabs Viruses to Stop Infections The NanoGripper, made from a single piece of folded DNA, was shown to detect covid-19 and block infections.