News: Molecular Biosciences

Support from Tito's Handmade Vodka, the U.S. Army and Judy and Henry Sauer will expand the capabilities of the campus cryo-electron microscopy facility

A new study offers hope that breeders will be able to develop crops that can tolerate higher temperatures while also maintaining high yield

A new study reveals that colistin, a last resort antibiotic “punches holes in bacteria, causing them to pop like balloons.”

Four drugs used to treat hepatitis C render remdesivir 10 times better at inhibiting the coronavirus in cell cultures.

Gene editing inside living cells could become more effective and accurate after researchers unveiled how inner workings can help or hinder the process.

The Welch Foundation announced that Ilya J. Finkelstein who has been researching the coronavirus and the gene-editing tool CRISPR, will receive the 2021 Norman Hackerman Award...

​Carlos Baiz, Caroline Morley, Andrew Potter and Urbain Weyemi are among the 128 scholars from across the country selected by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to receive the 2021 Sloan...

Undergraduates at the UT Austin Inventors Program are exploring how mealworms, and the microbes in their guts, can naturally degrade household plastics.

For the first time, scientists identified a critical mechanism that remdesivir uses against SARS-CoV-2 and unearthed information that drug companies can use to develop new...