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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 ...

How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals danger. When the sun shines on your skin, what does it hit? When it causes a ...

Emerging modalities such as self-amplifying and circular RNA, expanding oncology and rare-disease applications, and scalable manufacturing are creating high-growth investment avenues, supported by ...

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