The enzyme that doesn't act like one: NUDT5 controls DNA building block production through structure, not catalysis

Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.

Researchers introduce a new tool for more accurate RNA modification detection from nanopore signals

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and Aalto University have developed a computational framework called ...

Children's Brain Tumor Network Names Dr. John Prensner as New Scientific Co-Chair

As Co-Chair, Dr. Prensner will work to guide CBTN's scientific strategy, strengthen multi-institutional collaborations, and champion open data initiatives that accelerate translation from discovery to ...
Scientific American

How RNA Unseated DNA as the Most Important Molecule in Your Body

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...
Science Daily

A revolutionary DNA search engine is speeding up genetic discovery

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

Bionano Announces Publication Showing OGM Can Overcome Key Limitations of Targeted RNA-Seq for Cytogenetic Investigation in Acute Leukemia

Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) today announced the publication of a study in Cancers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showing how optical genome mapping (OGM) can address ...
The Conversation

RNA has newly identified role: Repairing serious DNA damage to maintain the genome

Francesca Storici consults at Tessera Therapeutics. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both ...