A study has found that an ancient protein motif that binds to nucleic acids is functionally "ambidextrous." This means that ...

Cells are the smallest units of life. But even within the same tissue or organ, they are not all identical. New variations ...

An international group of scientists has identified a key molecular process that drives a deadly form of childhood brain ...

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him. Researchers described the case in a new study ...

Biophysics, biochemistry, physiology, classical genetics and molecular genetics have all made their contributions, and myosin is now becoming one of the best-understood enzymes in biology.

In higher eukaryotes, a vast variety of RNAs is transcribed from genomic DNAs. The transcribed RNAs are subjected to RNA processing steps, such as splicing, ...

The large number of molecular groups made available for binding ... made probable the nucleic acid character of the gene... Avery gave us the first text of a new language, or rather he showed ...

Esther joined EMBO reports in October 2008. She was awarded her PhD in 2005 at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, where she studied tail regeneration ...