Tiny microRNAs help destroy unwanted messenger RNAs in cells. New research finds how the body keeps them in check.

A CRISPR-based test developed at MIT and the Broad Institute can detect nearly as many cases as the standard Covid-19 diagnostic.

Applied computational biology discoveries vastly expand the range of CRISPR’s access to DNA sequences.

New CRISPR-based research tool delivers results in an hour; researchers share protocol and kits to advance research and move toward clinical validation.

Neuroscientists identify genes that modulate the disease’s toxic effects.

Researchers find master regulator needed for Toxoplasma gondii parasite to chronically infect host; promising step toward infection treatment, prevention.

Smart materials change properties in response to specific DNA sequences; could be used in a variety of devices.

Engineers program human and bacterial cells to keep a record of complex molecular events.

Whitehead Institute team finds drugs that activate a key brain gene; initial tests in cells and mice show promise for rare, untreatable neurodevelopmental disorder.

The new system, dubbed RESCUE, allows RNA edits to be made that were not previously possible.