RNA fusions offer new drug targets and insights into disease mechanisms, but detecting them is difficult. Workflows that integrate different types of samples and analyses can help.

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...

Definition: Gene expression is the process by which a cell turns the information in a gene into a functional product, such as an RNA molecule or a protein. In simple terms: gene expression is how a ...

As aging progresses, the quality of DNA and proteins inside cells declines, known to be the cause of various degenerative diseases. However, the connection between aging and RNA has remained largely ...

Death does not make DNA disappear. Long after the heart has stopped and the brain has lost function, genetic material can remain inside cells and tissues. What changes is the environment around it: ...