Humans and bananas do share DNA, but not 70% as commonly claimed. Every living thing has a built-in instruction manual called ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

A groundbreaking FDA approval offers the first-ever treatment for ultra-rare Thymidine Kinase 2 Deficiency (TK2d). KYGEVVI, a ...

Migratory birds, sea turtles and salmon have something in common: every year, they return to their birthplaces to reproduce.

Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as ...

The RAD52-DNA complex is a dynamic guardian of genomic stability. When this balance falters, cells may either self-destruct or, worse, turn cancerous.

Researchers used cryo-EM to study how the HIV enzyme integrase arranges in 3D to slip its DNA into the host genome and pack ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally figured out the structure of a key herpes virus protein that is vital for ...

Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Acurx" or the "Company"), is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections. It announced today ...