Just like the mechanical components in cars or computers, the molecules inside a cell can sometimes malfunction. When this happens during DNA replication, the result is an unpredictable change in ...

While drugmakers are hard at work on the shots, they’re not yet ready to blunt the impact of a potential pandemic.

The vaccines place small strands of mRNA with the genetic code for the spike proteins into the body. Those strands of mRNA penetrate certain human cells, known as dendritic cells, which begin to ...

In bacterial mRNA, the 5' UTR is normally short ... and termination factors are used, the genetic code is generally identical. As previously noted, in bacteria, transcription and translation ...

Subsequently, an mRNA vaccine is meticulously crafted, containing the genetic code specific to these neoantigens present in ...

(Image: ttsz/iStock via Getty Images Plus) The Role of mRNA in Gene Expression Messenger RNA is an essential component of the gene expression process, which involves the conversion of genetic ...

In trials at University College London Hospitals (UCLH), an ASO is being used to target the mutated gene that results in the ...

Leftover drops in vials of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine allowed a group of researchers from Stanford University to determine the sequence of the mRNA for SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein that is used in the ...