The search sped up even faster when scientists began sequencing entire genomes in the 1990s. Researchers could scan a genome ...

A new approach to analysis traced the viral DNA across evolution to identify its positions in our genome and understand its ...

WEHI researchers have discovered a promising new strategy to suppress the growth of aggressive and hard-to-treat cancers by targeting a specialised ...

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His company, the Chiron Corporation, contributed important scientific discoveries toward treatments for H.I.V., hepatitis B, ...

The FDA is investigating the death last month of an eight-year-old boy in Brazil who had received Sarepta Therapeutics’ Elevidys® (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl)—though the company and its ...

Mammalian cells are tricky evolution hosts. They grow slowly, contain large genomes, and regulate protein behavior through ...

Researchers have revived 80-year-old fungal pathogens from a museum collection and found that these pre-Green Revolution strains differ significantly ...

A UNSW researcher studying the history of hepatitis B treatment uncovers the prehistory of COVID-19's famous RAT and PCR tests – and an Australian ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the ...

Blocking microRNA-106a to reactivate silent healthy MECP2 genes reverses symptoms in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.

Scientists have uncovered how a surprisingly structured protein helps disordered molecules regulate gene expression, upending previous ideas in molecular biology. Inside every human cell, proteins ...