Gene expression studies can monitor biological processes using a “molecular beacon” (single-stranded DNA, ssDNA), a ...

State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China State Key Laboratory of Environmental ...

Imagine searching for one object among millions of slightly different ones. This is the challenge during homologous recombination, a process that has multiple roles in genetics. Homologous ...

To proliferate uncontrollably, cancer cells need to maintain the length of their telomeres, regions of DNA that act as protective “caps” at the ends of chromosomes. In most healthy somatic cells, ...

Gene construction techniques have revolutionized modern biotechnology, enabling breakthroughs across multiple disciplines such as protein and antibody engineering, gene therapy, mRNA vaccine design, ...

Spun out of MIT, the company is engineering a new class of biomolecules at 10x lower cost and drastically increased scale to advance gene editing toward cures for complex diseases. “We believe curing ...

Adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) has been identified as a regulator of toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) activation in response to nucleic acids, according to a recent study. ADA2, previously known for its role ...

ABSTRACT: Many nanoparticles have been created over the last few decades using a variety of techniques and used to develop environmental technology, including water treatment, the detection of ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kano Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) as a safe, efficient and flexible biomolecule for gene insertions, today announced ...

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) hold promise for biomedicine and nanoelectronics, yet the functionalization with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) remains a challenge. Researchers using ...