A research team led by professor Olivia Merkel, Chair of Drug Delivery at LMU and co-spokesperson of the Cluster for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Munich (CNATM) has developed the first integrated ...

RNA therapy with polymer nanoparticles is considered a promising approach for the treatment of various illnesses. It involves the use of polymers as "nanocarriers" to transport RNA drugs precisely to ...

Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Chemistry have developed a reagent that opens new possibilities for creating DNA and RNA-based materials that could be used in ultra-stable ...

In back-to-back studies published in Nature, researchers from Purdue University and Columbia University report a naturally ...

The emergence and approval of RNA-based medical products, such as mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought the RNA molecule into the public eye. RNA (ribonucleic acid) is an information ...

Researchers from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich presented a study in Nano Letters on the molecular organization of cationic polymers used to deliver RNA drugs. Olivia Merkel researches novel ...

Nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA play a central role in gene therapies and vaccines. They store and transmit biological ...

The study challenges the notion of a “one-size-fits-all” mechanism in bacterial transcription and highlights the diversity of regulatory strategies employed by pathogens.