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Researchers at Kanazawa University and the University of Tokyo report in Nature Communications the visualization of the dynamics of 'molecular scissors' — the main mechanism of the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic-engineering technique.

Genetic mutation in extended Amish family in Indiana protects against aging and increases longevity

New delivery system developed by MIT team deletes disease-causing genes and reduces cholesterol.

A large section of the Skolkovo Technopark was turned into an obstacle course with a difference this week, as people of all ages raced to complete a course that included walking up some steps while holding a tray of apples, opening a door at the top of the stairs and descending the steps before kicking a football into a goal: all everyday tasks that suddenly become near-impossible if you are in a wheelchair or missing one or more of your limbs.

Peptide recognizes vasculature associated with brain inflammation

Biochemists from the Institute of theoretical and experimental Biophysics RAS, Pushchino found in parasitic fungi, insects, an unusual substance that inhibits the growth of cancer cells and causes them to self-destruct, the press service of the Institute.

A synthetic double-stranded RNA has potential for use as an anti-liver cancer vaccine

An antiviral drug that inhibits a virus' replication machinery selectively targets the most-aggressive viruses, according to new research that looked at the infection of individual cells by a virus and the consequence of antiviral intervention. This new insight into the dynamics of an infection and the mechanism of an antiviral drug could not be seen by the typical approach of studying populations of cells. Researchers at Penn State, Duke University, and the University of Texas at Austin have developed a high-throughput system to study large numbers of single, infected cells that facilitated the new insight.