It has only recently been discovered that single-celled organisms (bacteria and archaea) also have histones—proteins that ...

The University of Southampton has etched the human genome on a crystal which is capable of lasting billions of years - ...

A protein called STING, previously shown to control a pathway that contributes to antiviral signaling, also plays an ...

A protein called STING, previously shown to control a pathway that contributes to antiviral signaling, also plays an important role in cellular stress clearance and cell survival, according to a new ...

A new study provides a list of the wildlife species present at the market from which SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely arose in late 2019. The study is based on ...

“A cell type is a group of cells that are similar to each other and distinct from other groups of cells,” offers ...

Nobel Laureate Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD, kicked off Fred Hutch Cancer Center's inaugural President's Seminar Series last week. She spoke about CRISPR, the gene-editing tool she helped pioneer, and how ...

Hypothetically, if you controlled which DNA is stored in the CRISPR regions, you could manipulate the bacteria into inserting ...

The Stanford biophysicist thinks that understanding the mechanics of cell movement could allow scientists to manipulate immune cells.

A new study of genetic samples from the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, could point to an animal origin of COVID-19, but controversial figures support it.

In this edition of the biotech bi-weekly, a new partnership takes vascularized organoids to the international space station ...