How mRNA technology boosts cancer defence The research team, led by Dr Elias Sayour and Dr Duane Mitchell, explored how ...

Ask a young person what field they intend to pursue, and research is often low on the list. Many assume it is only for the “brilliant”, or fear it means a lifetime confined to laboratories. Others see ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

It is evolutionarily certain that we will have more outbreaks, more pandemics, and frankly, they could be significantly worse ...

Japanese researchers have uncovered how the astringent “bite” of cocoa flavanols can activate the brain—even though little of the compound enters the bloodstream.

diSArm clinical trial is that our phages injected intravenously can home in to the site of infection, penetrate biofilms, infect, and lyse S. aureus. Many deaths post flu, and most likely also ...

Uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, and potentially other vaccines, may worsen in the coming weeks and ...

Today in History for Nov. 1: In 1512, Michelangelo's paintings in the Sistine Chapel in Rome were first exhibited to the public. Across the ceiling he painted themes of the Bible, including ...

A stunning new study offers early evidence that Covid-19 vaccines might have a secret superpower: a precisely timed mRNA shot ...

Most current approaches rely on adding nuclear localization signal (NLS) motifs to the ends of Cas9 to facilitate nuclear entry. However, this method is inefficient, and much of the Cas9 that is ...

When the fungus Cochliobolus heterostrophus is exposed to the plant defense chemical ferulic acid, its key stress-response protein, Hog1, is not just deactivated but actively sequestered into ...