Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...

have succeeded in visualizing the three-dimensional structure of the Nipah virus copy machine, also known as RNA polymerase, at molecular resolution for the first time. The RNA polymerase is ...

The replication of the Nipah virus's genetic material in infected cells has been demonstrated for the first time by researchers from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences and ...

The 3.0 Å resolution crystal structure of Pariacoto virus (PaV) reveals extensive interactions between portions of the viral RNA genome and the icosahedral capsid. Under the protein shell of the ...

In March 2020, we were bracing for upheavals in our daily lives. COVID-19 had come to our shores, and doctors were at a loss at how to treat it, let alone prevent it from spreading. And spread it ...

This article explores the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in deciphering the complex molecular and ...

Tracking and characterizing mutations in a fast-evolving virus such as SARS-CoV-2 ... However, the SARS-CoV-2 genome folds into a compact and dynamic structure where some RNA nucleotides form pairs ...

New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in ...

Researchers at Martin Luther University have developed groundbreaking RNA-based agents that offer high levels of protection ...

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 ...

Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Toronto have revealed how a tiny chemical modification in RNA, known as m6A, plays a critical role in the ...