Scientists extracted RNA from a 130-year-old specimen, uncovering which genes were active before the animal went extinct.

Researchers in Sweden recovered RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, allowing them to identify which genes were active in its tissues before extinction.

Biologists mapping the human body have long assumed that every major kind of microscopic life inside us already had a place ...

Infections accelerate aging by damaging cells and organs. Preventing them with vaccines, hand hygiene, masks, and clean air ...

Understanding how cells decide their fate is a central challenge in biology, complicated by the fact that single-cell RNA ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

Discover how a tiny RNA molecule serves as a molecular switch in viral infections, providing insights into phage biology.

The transition from simple chemistry to the complex biology of molecules that gave rise to life is a puzzle that scientists ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are looking to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, as an alternative.

Research revealed how bacteriophages use a tiny piece of genetic material to hijack bacterial cells and make more copies of themselves.

Bacteria use a short RNA guide to detect viruses and activate a self-destruct mechanism that protects the wider microbial ...

An innovative three-color method for capturing images of mRNA inside live mammalian cells has been developed by UMass Amherst chemists. Because RNA is both incredibly important to human life and ...