Scientists Take Big Step Toward Recreating Primordial 'RNA World' of Four Billion Years Ago

The Joyce lab has accomplished a feat that scientists have been attempting for decades.

Researchers Find Potential Treatment for 'Painful Blindness' Form of Dry Eye

The study from the Makarenkova lab finds lacrimal glands can be repaired by injecting a kind of regenerative "progenitor" cell.

Study Supports New Strategy to Fight Cocaine Addiction

A team from the Contet lab was able to reverse signs of cocaine dependency in animal models.

Researchers Find ‘Lead Actors’ in Immune Cell Development

The study from the Xiao and Nemazee labs sheds light on the causes of autoimmune disease.

Team Finds 'Missing Evolutionary Link' of a Widely Used Natural Drug Source

The study from the Shen lab elucidates the structure of proteins that synthesize "terpenoids," and advances drug discovery by facilitating their future engineering.

Sun, Science and SURF

Undergraduate interns join TSRI for a summer of hands-on research.