The quest for a vaccine against HIV has been going on for about 40 years — almost as long as the virus that causes AIDS has been known to scientists and the public. There has been some progress ...

A commonly used strategy in the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) medicine is based on the destruction of disease-causing mRNA. Achieving the opposite and stabilizing health-promoting mRNA is still ...

Historically, RSV has been associated with infants, but they are not the only group that can be affected by serious RSV ...

Ask a friend what DNA is and, chances are, they have a general idea. Seventy years after scientists discovered the two-stranded helix, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is widely understood as the keeper of ...

Steven Hatfill, a senior biosecurity adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was dismissed after ...

A 46% premium paid for RNA candidates reflects what the pharma giant has sought to do for the last few years: aim at ...

Over the last few years, scientists and entrepreneurs have flocked to developing medicines that target RNA, the genetic blueprint that cells in our bodies use to make proteins. RNA has been in the ...

Further validating the results, University of Florida researchers found that tying cancer immunotherapies with COVID-targeted ...

Exsilio Therapeutics has launched with $82 million in series A funding. Exsilio uses lipid nanoparticles and messenger RNA (mRNA) to integrate whole corrective genes into “safe harbors” in the ...

A top biosecurity adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services, who believed messenger RNA Covid vaccines should be taken off the market, was fired over the weekend, Bloomberg News reported ...

mRNA transports the most valuable cellular information - the chemical blueprint for the production of proteins - from the nucleus into the cytoplasm. However, as soon as mRNA has delivered its message ...