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To improve traceability and enable authentication of synthetic nucleic acid sequences, researchers are embedding digital signatures into DNA.

Lipid nanoparticles deliver CRISPR tools directly to lung stem cells, offering new therapeutic avenues for treating genetic diseases.

The enzyme that copies and repairs DNA is more dynamic than originally thought.

A combinatorial approach enabled researchers to develop antibodies with improved catch-and-release abilities against snake venom toxins.

Human liver cells follow their own circadian rhythms, which regulate drug metabolism and infection.

David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper share this year’s Chemistry award for their research on protein design and structure prediction.

Initially mistaken for neutrophils, a population of atypical macrophages appears in the lungs after severe viral infection, orchestrates tissue repair, and then vanishes. 

Popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are used to treat obesity and diabetes. Now, researchers found that these drugs also affect rodent brains in other ways. 

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won this year’s Physiology or Medicine award for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

A scientist’s quest for microbes that produce purple pigments led her to the vibrant world of natural dyes, where biology and traditional artistry intertwine.

What scientists thought was an endosymbiont in algae turned out to be an organelle.

A new database with more than 2,500 food metagenomes gives scientists a glimpse into the microbial diversity of the human diet.

Researchers take the guesswork out of infection detection by training dogs to recognize the scent of bacterial biofilm biomarkers.

Proteins that trigger cell senescence occupy much of the literature on aging, but a small RNA moves into the limelight.

Antigen knockdown prevented organ rejection in minipigs, even in the absence of immunosuppression.

Human innate immune cells that “remember” previous stimulation could provide new insights into chronic inflammatory diseases.

The 2.4-million-year-old environmental DNA fragments collected from permafrost in northern Greenland unlock insights into an ancient ecosystem.

Python heart muscles ramp up their force to sustain metabolic activity to maintain increased metabolism during feeding.

Dopamine is a nuanced molecule that not only plays important roles in bad habits but also in behaviors that are necessary for survival and well-being.