Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) around their genomes, a process that—while messy and complex—consistently ...

To solve a problem, scientists first need to see it clearly. Whether it’s a virus slipping past the immune system or plaques forming in the brain, visualization is the first step toward finding ...

Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich resources for discovering proteins and tools for biotechnology, but many ...

The investment from Brown parents Giammaria and Sabrina Giuliani will support scholars seeking to unlock the potential of RNA to make a positive impact on human health.

All of us have a fear of the unknown, and all of us know that there is nothing more certain than death and taxes. Mixed into all this fear is ...

A gene therapy injected into patients’ brains slowed progression of the disease by 75 percent, preliminary findings reported.

That’s why a team from UC San Diego in La Jolla set out with Yale University researchers to develop a new system for gene editing that they believe may be safer and more efficient than the common ...

Scientists developed a new nanostructure that triples CRISPR’s ability to enter cells, unlocking even more power to treat genetic diseases.

David Ussery discuss work using high-performance computing for the analysis of millions of viral genome sequences ...