DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

In the ERC project HelixMold, a team from TU Graz developed a method for the computer-based design of artificial proteins, with a focus on custom biocatalysts for pharmaceutical applications or the ...

Professor Brian Cox ‘excited’ to receive Francis Crick Institute scholarship - The 57-year-old will present a new podcast ...

By revealing the molecular mechanisms behind the peacekeeping abilities of specialized immune cells, scientists are ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

The partnership has been secured via the Francis Crick Institute’s Business Engagement Fund, a new initiative supported by The Medical Research Council (MRC-UKRI), that is designed to encourage ...

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute have found that some particularly aggressive lung cancer cells can develop their own electric network, like that seen in the body's nervous system.

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have generated human stem cell models1 which, for the first time, contain notochord – a tissue in the developing embryo that acts like a navigation ...

The Francis Crick Institute (the Crick) is a partnership between the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK (CRUK), the Wellcome Trust, University College London (UCL), Imperial ...

Tags Body & Mind irritable-bowel-disease Francis Crick University College London Imperial College Inflammatory Gut Bacteria The Immune System 1 comment Bronwyn Thompson ...

I have never seen Francis Crick in a modest mood.” James Watson’s mischievous opening line of The Double Helix raised many eyebrows at the time, but even Crick wouldn’t quarrel with it now.

After he discovered the secret of life, Francis Crick had to figure out what else to do with himself. We can all relate to this dilemma. Your resume says, "Discovered secret of life," but that ...