After more than five decades of mystery, scientists have finally unveiled the detailed structure and function of a ...

Latest study leverages new constructs for nuclear localization signal (NLS) sequences to improve editing efficiency in human immune cells.

Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

For the first time, Professor Veyrier and his team at INRS have discovered a family of enzymes that can cut specific sequences in single-stranded DNA. These enzymes, called site-specific ...

A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific world. Developed from a ...

In pulmonary hypertension, a combination of metabolic and mechanical dysfunction leads to irreversible vascular damage.

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

The new pups have been observed to develop features consistent with known dire wolf fossils. Thick white coats, larger teeth and body structure have been reported. These results came from identifying ...

Plant cells without walls, known as protoplasts, are very fragile, and it has been difficult to keep them alive under a ...

Scientists are now looking to bacteriophage — viruses that infect bacteria — and their potential to treat drug-resistant ...

Cas9, scientists reconstitute live African swine fever virus from synthetic genomes, accelerating vaccine development for this deadly virus.

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting ... Interneurons have a multipolar structure that allows them to receive multiple signals and then send a unified command to another ...