During translation, multiple ribosomes travel along the nucleic acid chain to build polypeptides that become functional proteins. Occasionally, these molecular decoders pause on the mRNA, either ...

This method allows scientists to track individual ribosomes as they convert mRNA into proteins. In a phenomenon they call "ribosome cooperativity," the team discovered that ribosomes can support ...

A new study by Fikrig and other researchers, published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, uses a powerful ...

A new study conducted by researchers at Hokkaido University has unveiled a novel class of zwitterionic phospholipids capable ...

Researchers have discovered that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines have a persistent effect on the innate immune system. These mechanisms may help the human body to better protect itself against potential ...

"Ribosomes are very large macromolecular machines that very rapidly and precisely decode mRNA into protein. For a long time, they've been viewed as kind of 'dumb code-reading machines' that don't ...

Only recently has the ribosome—one of the oldest molecular machines in evolutionary terms—been recognized as an active ...

The research field of 'cellular IRESes' lay dormant for decades, as there was no uniform standard of reliable methods for the clear characterization of these starting points for the ribosome-mediated ...

MRNA technology is facing growing doubts among Republicans. This is a KFF Health News story. Researchers racing to develop bird flu vaccines for humans have turned to a cutting-edge technology ...

The market for mRNA vaccines has experienced a surge fueled by the global rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, and the potential of mRNA technology in public health opens a new frontier in medical ...

MRNA, which stands for messenger ribonucleic acid, is a molecule that copies your DNA’s instructions and brings them to the protein-making structures in your cells, called ribosomes. The ...