Directed evolution optimizes protein function by the successive generations of random mutation, artificial selection or screening. This simple design algorithm circumvents our ignorance of how ...

Nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are polymers of nucleotides – each nucleotide consists of a pentose sugar, a phosphate group and one of the nitrogenous bases (purines and pyrimidines). Nucleic acids ...

Northeastern University researchers used an original machine learning tool to predict how genetic mutations cause a rare ...

An accumulation of uric acid in the body can cause joint pain and other painful illnesses like gout. Although eating a ...