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Singlet Oxygen Oxidizes Electron-Rich Base Pairs to Cleave Bacterial DNA

Engineers have developed a new approach for turning ordinary water into a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study publishing September 30 in the Cell Press journal Chem Catalysis.

1 Oct 2026

A Flash of Blue Light Helped Cells Overcome a Major Division Defect

Cell division represents a complex process. Central to this intricacy is a cellular structure devoid of a membrane, known as the centrosome, consisting of over 200 different components.

30 Sep 2026

Trans-spliceosome Architecture Maps Evolutionary Divergence in Eukaryotic RNA Processing

A study conducted between the University of Liège and Rockefeller University reveals, with near-atomic precision, the three-dimensional structure and function of a gigantic molecular machine essential to the survival of trypanosomatid parasites, which cause serious diseases in humans, animals and plants.

24 Sep 2026

Multi-Omic Integration Reveals Novel Gene-Disease Links in Undiagnosed Rare Conditions

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and Genomics England have shown that measuring proteins in the blood can provide important additional clues about the effects of genetic variants, helping to identify diagnoses and potential new disease-causing genes that genome sequencing alone has been unable to resolve.

10 Sep 2026

RNA Polymerase Successfully Transcribes an Expanded Genetic Alphabet

All known life on earth utilizes the same genetic alphabet, consisting of four letters. Now, researchers at University of California San Diego have demonstrated that one of biology's most essential enzymes can accurately read and transcribe an expanded, eight-letter genetic alphabet.

4 Sep 2026

Massive Algal Genome Project Opens New Pathways for Biotechnology

An international team of more than 100 scientists have taken a major step towards unlocking the secrets of some of Earth's tiniest but most important organisms.

2 Sep 2026

Researchers Struggle Tracking Human Dementia Progress Using Traditional Laboratory Mice

Brain diseases, including dementia, have long been studied using experimental animals such as mice. However, differences between the human and animal genomes have raised concerns that some disease mechanisms may not be fully explained by conventional animal models.

31 Aug 2026

Primate-Specific DNA Change Reveals a New Link to Dementia-Related Neurodegeneration

29 Aug 2026

Antarctic Soil Microbes Are Frequently Picking Up Genes for Turning Air Into Energy

Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth and long ago its soil microbes were largely dismissed as static or inactive, asleep in the harsh conditions – but new research has revealed that is decidedly not the case.

28 Aug 2026

Study Shows How Genetic Switches Help 3D Printed Bone Grow Blood Vessels

An interdisciplinary team of engineers and chemists at Penn State has laid the groundwork to 3D print spheroids - tiny clusters of living cells - capable of regenerating bone tissue in response to severe trauma or infections.

19 Aug 2026

ORBIT Technology Leverages DNA Origami for Next-Generation Biological Discovery

Scientists often describe life as a series of chemical reactions. Pallav Kosuri, PhD, describes life as movement. Chemical reactions are how you drive the movement of atoms, proteins, cells, and bodies-without movement, there is no life.

14 Aug 2026

Emerging m6A RNA Biology Explains Brain Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards

A growing understanding of RNA biology is reshaping how scientists view the relationship between environmental toxicants, brain development, and neurodegenerative disease.

7 Aug 2026

Harvard Biologists Discover Unique Ribosome Adaptation in Shallow Water Octopuses

The octopus is a biological oddity. It can use tools, open jars, and its complex nervous system supports as many neurons as a small primate.

30 Jul 2026

Synthetic Biology Breakthrough Rebuilds Basic Features of Cellular Life

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to forests, coral reefs and human life also produces infections, cancer, genetic disease, crop blights and toxins.

24 Jul 2026

Scientists Solve Ancient Prebiotic Paradox With Novel RNA Repair Mechanism

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and relies on proteins to replicate, repair and build from those blueprints. At the same time, proteins require instructions from DNA to be made in the first place.

13 Jul 2026

Study Reveals How Brick Kiln Arsenic Shifts Soil Metabolic Potential

Brick kilns have long supported construction and economic development, but their legacy can remain in the soil long after production stops.

7 Jul 2026

New Guidance for Reporting Variants of Uncertain Significance in Genomics

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has published a new statement, Points to Consider for the Reporting of Variants of Uncertain Significance in Germline Genetic and Genomic Testing, providing guidance to laboratories and healthcare professionals on the reporting and communication of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) identified through genetic and genomic testing.

2 Jul 2026

New Study Defines Molecular Features That Guide the Oncogenic Enzyme Called NSUN2

An RNA-modifying enzyme linked to cancer and neurological disorders selects its targets by recognizing specific RNA shapes and sequences, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. The findings, published in Nature, define the molecular features that guide the enzyme, NSUN2, to the RNAs it modifies and could help researchers investigate how abnormal RNA modification contributes to disease.

1 Jul 2026

New Karyoptosis Mechanism Linked to Alzheimer's and Frontotemporal Dementia

Markers of a new mechanism for cell death, called karyoptosis, have been found in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

26 Jun 2026

Ancient Proteins Uncover Potential Female Burial Site in Homo naledi Population

Scientists have extracted and analyzed the first-ever ancient proteins from the fossils of Homo naledi, revealing a potential all female burial site.

25 Jun 2026

Genetic Information News and Research

Singlet Oxygen Oxidizes Electron-Rich Base Pairs to Cleave Bacterial DNA

A Flash of Blue Light Helped Cells Overcome a Major Division Defect

Trans-spliceosome Architecture Maps Evolutionary Divergence in Eukaryotic RNA Processing

Multi-Omic Integration Reveals Novel Gene-Disease Links in Undiagnosed Rare Conditions

RNA Polymerase Successfully Transcribes an Expanded Genetic Alphabet

Massive Algal Genome Project Opens New Pathways for Biotechnology

Researchers Struggle Tracking Human Dementia Progress Using Traditional Laboratory Mice

Primate-Specific DNA Change Reveals a New Link to Dementia-Related Neurodegeneration

Antarctic Soil Microbes Are Frequently Picking Up Genes for Turning Air Into Energy

Study Shows How Genetic Switches Help 3D Printed Bone Grow Blood Vessels

ORBIT Technology Leverages DNA Origami for Next-Generation Biological Discovery

Emerging m6A RNA Biology Explains Brain Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards

Harvard Biologists Discover Unique Ribosome Adaptation in Shallow Water Octopuses

Synthetic Biology Breakthrough Rebuilds Basic Features of Cellular Life

Scientists Solve Ancient Prebiotic Paradox With Novel RNA Repair Mechanism

Study Reveals How Brick Kiln Arsenic Shifts Soil Metabolic Potential

New Guidance for Reporting Variants of Uncertain Significance in Genomics

New Study Defines Molecular Features That Guide the Oncogenic Enzyme Called NSUN2

New Karyoptosis Mechanism Linked to Alzheimer's and Frontotemporal Dementia

Ancient Proteins Uncover Potential Female Burial Site in Homo naledi Population

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