Scientists discover QT45, a self-replicating RNA molecule, offering insights into the origins of life on Earth.

A recent study by Fred Hutch biochemist Christopher Lapointe, PhD, and his colleagues, uses innovative lab techniques to ...

There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth. But the research community has largely reached consensus that one of the key steps was the emergence of an RNA molecule that ...

One of the greatest mysteries of our planet is how a soup of lifeless chemicals transformed into the first living cell. There are several competing theories about where this happened, from frozen ...

Emerging modalities such as self-amplifying and circular RNA, expanding oncology and rare-disease applications, and scalable manufacturing are creating high-growth investment avenues, supported by ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new molecule which carries DNA into biological cells, to treat or vaccinate against illnesses. Many existing options rely on molecules ...

Researchers constructed tiny molecular clusters called RNA micelles, loaded them with potent chemo drugs and an RNA molecule that blocks cancer survival, and placed a tumor targeting molecule on their ...

A naturally occurring byproduct of liver metabolism—the ketone body, β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB)—can strengthen the fitness and antitumor activity of CAR T cells. The findings, reported on March 6, 2026 ...

Researchers from Duke Health and the University of Minnesota recently discovered that measuring specific tiny genetic ...

In the study, the researchers doubled the cancer-killing power of the RNA micelles by combining multiple copies of the chemo drug gemcitabine with a molecule called a small interfering RNA to silence ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study in mice hints at the potential to use tiny particles made with RNA molecules to deliver chemotherapy drugs and other therapies directly to tumors, killing cancer cells ...

Getting DNA into a living cell sounds simple, until you remember the cell’s outer membrane acts like a guarded wall. DNA strands carry a negative charge, and they do not cross that wall easily.