With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

Novel technology enables discovery, which could help predict tumour recurrence Researchers from the Fred Hutch Cancer Centre, ...

Although several vaccines and drugs are available against SARS-CoV-2, the search for effective therapeutic agents for COVID-19 and future zoonotic coronaviruses continues. The RNA-dependent RNA ...

Researchers have succeeded in producing nanotubes that fold into cytoskeleton-like structures, using a new RNA origami ...

The replication of the Nipah virus's genetic material in infected cells has been demonstrated for the first time by ...

Dr. Hauke Hillen was able to visualize the three-dimensional structure of the viral "copying machine". These findings could contribute to the future development of antiviral drugs for the treatment of ...

A new method for mapping torsion provides insights into the ways that the genome responds to the torsion generated by RNA polymerase II.

Bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) has emerged as a crucial target for antibiotic development due to its essential role in transcription. RNAP is a molecular motor, and its function relies heavily on the ...