A nucleic acid is a long molecule made up of smaller molecules called nucleotides. Nucleic acids were discovered in 1868, when twenty-four-year-old Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher isolated a ...

Nucleic acid therapeutics use engineered sequences of nucleotides to selectively modulate gene expression, allowing doctors to control the symptoms of a genetic disease without any permanent DNA ...

Transfer RNA (tRNA) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) are involved in the translation of mRNA into proteins ... Gene therapy holds promise for treating genetic disorders, cancer, and other diseases. Nucleic ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A researcher in Purdue University’s College of Science is developing a patent-pending platform technology that mimics the dual-layer structure of viruses to deliver nucleic acid ...

Cells can now be genetically programmed to record their histories within their genomes, a development that could revolutionize the study of developmental and disease processes, according to a ...

N4 Pharma Plc (AIM: N4P), the specialist preclinical stage biotech company announces a new lead programme, N4 101. This orally-delivered inflammation inhibitor for Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) uses ...