In combating bacterial infections, the enzyme myeloperoxidase acts like a sniper: Equipped with highly explosive ammunition, it targets extremely precisely, without causing collateral damage to their surroundings

New two-year agreement with Belgian university to focus on detecting genetic abnormalities in cell-free DNA and embryo biopsies

Imaging fingerprint can map critical cell changes several days sooner than current method

Penn study highlights personalized approach to understanding and treating brain disorders

University of Washington oceanographers have now found that vitamin B-12 exists in two distinct versions in the oceans

The work may someday lead to new therapies for pancreatitis

A research team reports photo-clickable miRNAs as probes for intracellular target identification of miRNAs

Too ubiquitous to be a signal, it turns out to be—a signal

“Since the discovery of the DNA double helix more than 50 years ago, helicase’s activity in preparing DNA for replication has been poorly understood,” says researcher

The research is a major step forward for efforts to study the genetic basis of adaptation and evolution

Anthropologists at the University of Montreal have dated the oldest human settlement in Canada back 10,000 years

The study of protein function is necessary for understanding the molecular basis of disease