This giant virus hijacks cells’ protein-making machinery to multiply wildly
Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (artist’s impression) is a giant among viruses, both in physical size and because of the…
virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS
Credit: Christopher Michel (CC-BY-SA-4.0) The world has lost a giant of virology, molecular biology and science advocacy with…
versatile gene-editing tool could tackle a host of diseases
A cell’s protein-making machinery (artist’s illustration) can be instructed to ignore mutations that would otherwise result in shortened…
Exploring the concept of bacterial memory
Richards, B. A. & Frankland, P. W. The persistence and transience of memory. Neuron 94, 1071–1084 (2017). Article …
molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNA
Credit: Keystone Press/Alamy Hamilton (Ham) Smith co-discovered type II restriction enzymes, molecular scissors that cut DNA at precise…
Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher
When Robert Hooke gazed through his microscope at a slice of cork and coined the term ‘cell’ in…
World Record Set For Fastest Genome Sequencing | Health
Key Takeaways Researchers have set a new world record for fastest whole human genome sequencing The team completed…
New insights reveal persistent genome structure during cell division
Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the…
World Record Set For Fastest Genome Sequencing | Health
Key Takeaways Researchers have set a new world record for fastest whole human genome sequencing The team completed…
‘Science fiction come to life’; Revolutionary DNA technology helps solve Spokane cold cases | News
Local investigators working with cutting-edge technology and a Texas-based company are solving decades-old murders, identifying unknown remains and…
Nucleotide dependency analysis of genomic language models detects functional elements
SpeciesLM training For SpeciesLM metazoa, we obtained metazoan genomes comprising 494 different species from the Ensembl 110 database36.…
This Natural Compound Could Protect the Brain Against Stroke
Early evidence hints that DMT can stabilize the blood–brain barrier and dampen inflammation after stroke, likely via Sigma-1…