Thymine suffers more UV damage than uracil in lab tests, but its damage pathways could help explain its place in DNA.

A gene that is switched on in human brain cells has turned out to be a jumping gene that never fully gave up jumping. The gene, BC200, descends from a mobile piece of DNA, and researchers led by ...

New research shows that the NarL protein binds directly to the promoter of the DNA repair gene ogt in Salmonella Typhimurium, ...

A small Indian pilot study finds that the microRNA hsa-miR-26a-5p is consistently and strongly upregulated in advanced oral ...

Orexin reveals how a small brain peptide controls wakefulness, explains narcolepsy, and inspires new treatments—and a search for the genome’s hidden proteins.

PANoptosis is an integrated form of programmed cell death (PCD) that combines features of pyroptosis, apoptosis and necroptosis. This review examines how the PANoptosome—a multiprotein platform built ...

New research, led by Penn State scientists, has identified a new role for a complex of proteins — CCR4-NOT — as a suppressor ...

As much as half of the human genome is composed of so-called "jumping genes." These DNA sequences can make copies of ...

More than 3,000 industry professionals gathered at Festival of Biologics Basel 2026 to exchange insights on the future of biologi ...

In July last year, Abivax (NDQ:ABVX) investors appeared to have hit the jackpot. Positive clinical trial results with ...

Bret Bostwick, a physician-scientist and venture partner at Breyer Capital, argues that the hardest problem in CNS drug development is not finding ...

Germany is the European Union’s (EU) largest pharmaceutical market by revenue and has the highest medical biotechnology ...