MRNA is an important messenger, carrying the instructions for life from DNA to the rest of the cell. ktsimage/iStock via Getty Images Plus Here’s a crash course in just what mRNA is and the important ...

How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins? The process of translation can be seen as the decoding of instructions for making proteins, involving mRNA in transcription as well as tRNA. But ...

You probably know about DNA. It’s the molecule that contains all of your genes spelled out in a four-letter code – A, C, G and T. Messenger RNA carries genetic information from DNA in the highly ...

Moderna has given out the first doses of an mRNA-based influenza vaccine to participants in an early-phase clinical trial, the company announced Wednesday. Moderna ultimately plans to test the vaccine ...

The Nobel Committee has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their pioneering work in the development of mRNA vaccine technology, which made ...

One of Moderna co-founder Derrick Rossi’s favorite things to say is that there are three keys to life on Earth. “DNA makes mRNA makes protein makes life,” he says. The experimental technology behind ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) COVID-19 is a game changer for both nanomedicine and nucleic acid-based vaccines. Just two years ago, there were no licensed messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines; today Pfizer-BioNTech ...