A strand of RNA just 45 nucleotides long has been discovered to perform two key reactions required for self-replication. The ...

A 45-nucleotide strand of RNA can now synthesize both its mirror-image complement and a copy of itself, bringing scientists ...

A DNA nano-harvester stays on its track inside tumor cells, measuring cancer aggressiveness by detecting a key microRNA ...

Retrotransposons are pivotal in human genome evolution, driving structural variation and regulatory innovation while influencing health and disease.

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in developing an artificial DNA base pair that is based on a different ...