The Harvard chip is an early-stage demonstration rather than an industrial replacement for current DNA synthesis platforms.

RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D ...

A new paper published in Nature Biotechnology this week titled, “Template-independent enzymatic synthesis of RNA oligonucleotides,” provides details of a method for synthesizing single-stranded RNA ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has succeeded in developing a new version of RNA building blocks with higher chemical reactivity and photosensitivity. This can ...

While the COVID-19 vaccines introduced many people to RNA-based medicines, RNA oligonucleotides have already been on the market for years to treat diseases like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and ...

DNA is the raw material of modern medicine yet is the only part of drug development not accessible at the lab bench. DNA synthesis, the first step in most biological workflows including gene synthesis ...

RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D ...

A ribozyme found by accident selectively repairs broken RNA, suggesting early life could have preserved its genetic code ...

This diagram depicts the chemical structure of pyrimidine, a six-membered aromatic ring with two nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 (highlighted in blue). The remaining positions are occupied by ...

Researchers from Skoltech and other science centers in Russia have developed a reporter system—a tool for screening potential ...