Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet ...
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Giant viruses may be far more alive than anyone imagined
For decades, biology textbooks have drawn a firm line: viruses are not alive. They lack the machinery to reproduce on their ...
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Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover
In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, ...
A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. They have revealed a ...
Scientists have discovered that DNA behaves in a surprising way when squeezed through tiny nanopores, overturning a long-held ...
Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four cancers. The enzyme, N4BP2, breaks apart DNA trapped in tiny cellular ...
In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...
Delivery of therapeutic genes is essential for gene therapy. Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are a prime vector for carrying ...
Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...
The company that brought back the dire wolf is launching a new biovault to store the genomes of the most at-risk species.
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