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A new drug inhibits a human enzyme that coronaviruses hijack in order to replicate.
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
Vanadium dioxide is a strange material that "remembers" information and when it was stored. This is akin to biological memory.
The president identified developing MCED tests as a priority for the Cancer Moonshot.
Most patients with cancer die from metastasis. Stopping it would be a major advance in cancer therapy.
One of the winners. Dr. K. Barry Sharpless, is now the fifth person in history to win two Nobels.
The new agency wants to push the boundaries of science and technology.
These salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration.
Yorkicystis lived during the “Cambrian explosion,” 539 million to 485 million years ago – hundreds of million years before the dinosaurs.
“It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research."
Scientists found a way to revert pain in mice using gene therapy. Perhaps the same technique could be applied to humans.
The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you — by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.
Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.
Protein fibrils accumulate in the brain during neurodegeneration. Cryo-electron microscopy has now uncovered fibrils of an unexpected protein.
Probably not. Even though we're still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.
Intracellular bacteria promote cancer metastasis by enhancing the tumor cells' resistance to mechanical stress in the bloodstream
The Human Genome Project put together 92% of our DNA blueprint. Here's what it took to complete the rest.
The results of a recent study found that genetically engineering cats could be a solution to eliminating cat allergies.
An expert explains the emerging science of nutrigenomics.
A gigantic bacterium evolved differently than fundamental models of biology would have predicted. Simply put, these bacteria shouldn't exist.
Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?
“When molecules misbehave, it can lead to great insight.”
Life is possible because of asymmetries, such as an imbalance between matter and antimatter and the "handedness" (chirality) of molecules.
The book "The Genesis Machine" outlines the promise and peril of synthetic biology, a powerful tool that will allow us to program life like a computer.
Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the building blocks of life could form in the primordial soup. But it overlooked one key variable.