Background Current diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) relies on antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) testing, but false-positive aPL results and asymptomatic aPL carriers pose significant ...

Today NASA announced the selection of a University of California San Diego-led satellite mission for the Earth System ...

Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells.

Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells.

Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells. However, to be effective, the new gene must make it into a cell's nucleus. The ...

They discovered that an ongoing viral infection causes a brief but striking shift in the availability of nutrients in the ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

Although DNA is tightly packed and safeguarded within the cell nucleus, it remains continually at risk of damage from normal ...

DNA, though tightly packed in the nucleus, is constantly threatened by damage from metabolism and external stressors. One particularly severe form of DNA damage is the so-called DNA–protein crosslinks ...

While the concept is well established and several RNAi drugs have reached the clinic, their effectiveness has often been limited by the challenge of delivering fragile RNA molecules intact to the ...