With big pharma signalling interest in novel RNA-targeted approaches, the term “druggable” is being redefined as technology advances.

A new study turns long-held conventional wisdom about a certain type of polymer on its head, greatly expanding understanding of how some of biochemistry's fundamental forces work. The study opens the ...

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Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society. In a new proof-of-concept ...

Among animals, microscopic tardigrades stand alone in their ability to withstand truly extreme temperatures, as well as other stresses, such as dessication. To survive some of these scenarios, ...

AMHERST, Mass. — A new study led by a pair of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst turns long-held conventional wisdom about a certain type of polymer on its head, greatly expanding ...