Inside our cells, ribosomes—the tireless "protein factories" of life—have just shown off a new skill they haven't used in ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically ...

At our hospital approximately 200 qPCRs are performed per week for the investigation of bacterial infections. Although qPCR is by far the most frequently used molecular technique in bacterial ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences uncovered a new tumor-suppressive response that could lead to novel ...

In an effort to advance progress on cold cases, the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office is encouraging public participation in Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG). Through a recent ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new crackdown Wednesday on the flow of American DNA to labs in China and other adversaries. The FDA previously […] ...

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomal protein L30 negatively autoregulates its production by binding to a helix-loop-helix structure formed in its pre-mRNA and its mRNA. A three-dimensional ...

Anne Wojcicki is set to regain control of 23andMe after a $305 million bid from a nonprofit she controls topped Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' offer for the DNA-testing company in a bankruptcy auction.

A century later, scientists accelerated the search for proteins by working out how our bodies make them. Each protein is encoded by a gene in our DNA. To make a protein, our cells make a copy of ...

Their DNA still carries traces of a much older encounter with Neanderthals. This likely happened once, between 45,000 and 49,000 years ago, before the group fully moved into Europe. Mystery human ...

Scientists studying ancient human remains uncovered in Colombia have found that the people they were researching have no known ancestors or modern descendants. In a study published May 30 in the ...