Living cells are fundamentally nonequilibrium systems, meaning they constantly spend energy through seemingly one-way, ...

Linear DNA templates let researchers bypass the additional cloning, purification, linearization, or amplification steps often ...

When the molecular machinery in our cells gets to work transcribing the genetic information encoded in DNA into messenger RNA (mRNA), it pauses shortly after starting. Known as promoter-proximal ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A new study by researchers from the Center for Theoretical Biological ...

This month, Prof. Franklin Pugh, molecular biology and genetics, and researchers Chitvan Mittal grad, Olivia Lang grad, and William K.M. Lai grad, found that inducible systems work in conjunction with ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how molecular "traffic controllers" in cells influence aging and cellular senescence—a state where cells stop dividing but remain metabolically active.

Scientists are continuously looking for a way to improve the storage capacity on hard drives, but they might need to be ...

Researchers have found that certain bacteria carry a naturally occurring system, built from repurposed CRISPR components, ...

In back-to-back studies published in Nature, researchers from Purdue University and Columbia University report a naturally ...