A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function—it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, an additional function beyond its role in energy production, ...

Scientists discover ALS protein that links DNA repair to cancer and dementia: Study ...

An interdisciplinary research team from two working groups at the Center for Synthetic Biology at TU Darmstadt has developed ...

A protein tied to ALS and dementia may have a much bigger role in disease than scientists realized. Researchers found that ...

How can cells be programmed to respond to complex signals and make targeted decisions, similar to a logical circuit in a ...

An interdisciplinary research team from two working groups at the Centre for Synthetic Biology at TU Darmstadt has developed the first RNA-based genetic switch that precisely replicates the logical ...

All five types of nucleic acid bases that make up DNA and RNA were found in sand samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, according to a paper by a Japanese research team that was published in ...

A protein, TDP43, previously linked to dementia and ALS, has been found to control DNA repair. Researchers say abnormal ...

For the fourth consecutive time, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has earned the designation "University of ...