Medicine

Mitochondria rely on transfer RNAs that have undergone extreme evolutionary change—yet still sustain protein synthesis inside the organelle. A new...

A new wave of lab-built “evolution engines” is emerging for making asymmetric biocatalysts—enzymes that can reliably produce one molecular mirror...

Viral gene therapy’s manufacturing economics are being reshaped by a new indication-by-indication analysis of recombinant AAV (rAAV) costs and capacity...

Viral Science News In National Harbor, Maryland, researchers presented new findings on how well popular photo-based calorie-tracking apps estimate what...

Halide perovskites have long been viewed as a promising route to electrically driven microlasers, but turning optical gain into reliable...

A new spatial genomics platform is aiming to make cancer immunotherapy more precise by revealing where, in a patient’s tumor,...

A new approach to obesity and metabolic syndrome is challenging the long-standing playbook of drugs and conventional prebiotics, which largely...

A new study challenges a long-standing assumption about how the brain stores and replays memories. In many learning theories, the...

A new study in Nature Metabolism maps how the gut hormone receptor GIPR can tip the brain toward eating—or away...

A new viral science news report from Nature Communications highlights how the immune system’s earliest fingerprints may distinguish people who...