How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, ...

Discover the importance of nucleic acids for your health. Learn what foods are good sources of nucleic acids and how to ...

Avidity is at the forefront of an exciting new class of treatments. Avidity shareholders will receive consideration for an ...

To help with this, scientists have built the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a powerful tool designed to capture light ...

University of Connecticut chemists have created two fast, low-cost blood tests that detect microRNA markers linked to ...

Spatial transcriptomics is a technology that analyzes the activity of ribonucleic acid (RNA) at the cellular level and shows, like a map, where proteins are made in the human body. By doing so, it can ...

In March 2024, the researchers pointed the JWST at a developing star, dubbed ST6, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

One of the most frightening things about Alzheimer's disease is how difficult it is to diagnose early. Now, University of ...

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis (NVS) is buying biotechnology company Avidity Biosciences (RNA) for $12 billion U.S. in cash. In a news release, Novartis said that it will pay Avidity shareholders ...

Jonathan Henninger, an assistant professor of biological sciences, is part of a growing movement in the life sciences exploring how ribonucleic acid, known as RNA, can be harnessed to develop ...