Gene editing is one of the latest breakthroughs in biology. The widely known CRISPR-Cas gene editing system provided prokaryotes (organisms that lack cell nuclei) an immunity against foreign DNA.

A new study in Nature has mapped, at atomic resolution, how the enzyme DICER slices precursor microRNAs at exactly the right spot, with accuracy down to a single nucleotide. The research, which ...

A team of zoologists, molecular engineers and pest control specialists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with a small team of colleagues from Peking University, has identified some of the ...

An engineered bacterial enzyme turbocharges the manufacture of molnupiravir, an antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19 1. Molnupiravir is one of the few approved drugs that can prevent severe COVID-19.

Xiaodan Li and Richard Kammerer have characterised an enzyme for the first time that could become an important tool for the circular economy. The monitor shows a schematic representation of the key ...

A single enzyme that can generate all four nucleotide triphosphates, the building blocks of ribonucleic acid (RNA), was identified by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo. By using ...