RNA vaccines saved millions of lives during COVID-19 but have limitations like waning immunity and complex production.

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to the forefront of global health care. After their clinical ...

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute have used DNA origami to demonstrate how an important cell receptor can be activated in a previously unknown way. The new study provides insight into how the ...

(Nanowerk News) With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Here is the latest in cool biotechnology at ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an ingenious approach to cancer treatment using nanorobots inspired by the ancient art of origami. These nanorobots, outlined in a study ...

Just as a misshapen key can't open a lock, the proteins in our cells need to have the correct 3D shape to function properly. And defects in a protein's structure can cause diseases. Proteins are ...