The quest for a vaccine against HIV has been going on for about 40 years — almost as long as the virus that causes AIDS has ...

Over the last few years, scientists and entrepreneurs have flocked to developing medicines that target RNA, the genetic ...

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

The cuts risk making the world a more dangerous place. To assess the impact of these measures, The Economist spoke to more ...

A new study, led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), identified tiny pieces of messenger RNA that ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his department is killing nearly $500 million in contracts to develop new uses for mRNA ...

Researchers identified messenger RNA that is missing in pediatric high-grade glioma tumors but not in normal brain tissues.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, an American nonprofit academic medical centre, an mRNA vaccine trains your body to fight ...

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not ...

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not without risk. When this type of “genetic surgery” is performed on DNA, for ...

Scientists say HHS’ decision to defund mRNA vaccine research will leave the country less prepared for pandemics, and make it ...