A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

Research at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) reveals that autonomous parvoviruses, such as canine parvovirus, are highly capable of affecting the internal balance of the nucleolus. The results ...

This study reports an important and novel finding that TENT5A, an enzyme involved in fine-tuning poly(A) tail length on selected mRNAs, is required for proper enamel mineralization in mice. The ...

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 ...

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

Recent research reveals that nuclear speckles play a key role in modifying viral messenger RNAs and in their transport out of ...

Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters gene expression in key brain regions involved in reward, impulse control, and ...

How does our DNA store the massive amount of information needed to build a human being? And what happens when it's stored incorrectly? Jesse Dixon, MD, Ph.D., has spent years studying the way this ...

There's a new trio of signs that suggest capital is flowing to the chain via a couple of important vehicles.

Canton Central Catholic's Pro Football Hall of Famer appears at the Hall with three Crusader icons. Here's what Alan Page had ...

Japan’s Helical Fusion has completed a one-of-a-kind coil manufacturing machine that could help it ...

Machine learning is helping neuroscientists organize vast quantities of cells’ genetic data in the latest neurobiological cartography effort.