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Scientists have gained tremendous control over the genome with CRISPR editing systems, that use a guide RNA molecule to ...

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Mars may be hostile, but it might not be entirely unlivable. In lab experiments, yeast cells survived simulated Martian shock ...

Cryo-EM reveals the first detailed structure of the Bornavirus nucleoprotein–RNA complex, uncovering unique RNA binding and assembly mechanisms.

The tropical disease known as sleeping sickness is caused by the African Trypanosoma brucei parasite. For decades, scientists ...

Scientists have found new genetic causes for diabetes in babies – in a part of the genome that has historically been overlooked in genetic studies. Until recently, most research has investigated ...

Now, following up on that success, a large Chinese collaboration has followed up with a description of an improved gene ...