Lipids formulated with a bioreducible linker form the wall of nanoparticles encapsulating the mRNA of Cas9 plus sgRNA. Upon entering the cell, in vitro or in vivo, the linkers are broken and the ...

The federal government is cutting $500 million in research money for development of mRNA vaccines, which were widely used against the COVID-19 virus. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a ...

Biochemist Katalin Karikó and immunologist Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Monday for their foundational research showing that chemical modifications to the molecular ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. An oral capsule can efficiently deliver liquid mRNA therapy directly to the gut, a possible new ...

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital designed an ingestible capsule that delivers liquid mRNA to the intestines, producing gene expression and reducing inflammation ...