An easy method for efficiently identifying proteins that interact with bioactive molecules has been developed by chemical biologists at RIKEN. This innovation, published in ChemBioChem, could help to ...

As of May 2023, the WHO recommends the use of a monovalent XBB.1 descendent lineage, such as omicron XBB.1.5, as the vaccine antigen for COVID-19 vaccines. However, BA.2.86 and its descendent lineages ...

Scientists at Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed the first mRNA vaccine proven completely effective against deadly bacteria. This groundbreaking ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions.

DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

No longer a mere assistant who carries out the commands of DNA, RNA takes the lead in emerging therapeutics.

The sample was found to contain 76 genes. Specifically, it includes 40 mRNA molecules, with a combined nucleotide sequence length of 32,826 base pairs (bp) and a guanine-cytosine (GC) content of 43.31 ...

Codon context is another feature significantly affecting mRNA translational efficiency, but existing methods and tools for evaluating and designing novel optimized protein coding sequences utilize ...