A standard virus consists of a protein shell holding genes that are encoded either in double-stranded DNA or single-stranded RNA. But scientists are finding that our bodies are also home to ...

As viral vaccines are increasingly used to meet global health needs, the pharmaceutical industry is manufacturing larger ...

The scientist who discovered hybridization and the "other" double helix describes what it meant to biology. By Alexander Rich Fifty-two years ago I was venturing to the basement of Cal Tech chemistry ...

"All bacteria have double-stranded DNA, but viruses have different kinds of structure — there are DNA genomes, RNA genomes, double-stranded, single-stranded …" Anantharaman told Live Science.

Plant viruses are often able to spread from one ... and then into proteins. Sometimes, double-stranded RNA is cut into smaller fragments called small interfering RNA, or siRNA.

Helen Lazear, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology and immunology, and Qi Zhang, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and biophysics, have discovered that a type of RNA in Zika virus ...

Our DNA is constantly under threat — from cell division errors to external factors like sunlight and smoking. Fortunately, ...

RNA Timeline: A History in Hybridization and Structure Alexander Rich and David Davies discover the double-stranded RNA helix and show that polyribo U and polyribo A hybridize spontaneously.6 Ben Hall ...

How do cells detect non-self double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) molecules? Several 'sensors' of RNA, including Toll-like ... inhibits the replication of diverse viruses, including the invading pathogen.

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) Transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules are responsible for delivering ...