Tuesday will be Tom Cech Day throughout the city of Champaign — and the distinguished honoree will be in town for the ...

A DNA nanomachine selectively targets skin cancer by detecting microRNA-7, activating phototherapy and releasing chemotherapy ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...

The Rice team's new method, called RNA-addressable modification (RAM), bypasses these hurdles by using a synthetic catalytic RNA (cat-RNA) to "barcode" ribosomal RNA (rRNA) inside living cells. By ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems.

For instance, metal cations can activate or inhibit the catalytic activity of enzymes and RNA-based catalysts, such as ribozymes. Many non-catalytic proteins, including metalloproteins involved in gas ...

State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses and College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Haihe ...