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Self-building RNA strand may expose how life on Earth truly began

Two separate laboratory breakthroughs have produced RNA molecules that can build copies of themselves or assemble functional structures without any help from proteins or DNA. These results offer the ...

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate ...

Researchers are embarking on the RNA equivalent of the Human Genome Project, including sequencing all the chemical ...

世界最古のRNA 約4万年前のマンモスから抽出、復活研究も

シベリアの凍土に眠っていた約4万年前のケナガマンモス（Mammuthus primigenius）の「 ユカ 」からRNAが抽出された。2025年11月14日付けで学術誌「Cell」に掲載されたこの 成果 ...
理化学研究所

コンパクトなDNAをスムーズに転写する仕組み

理化学研究所（理研）生命機能科学研究センター転写制御構造生物学研究チームの関根俊一チームリーダー、江原晴彦研究員、東京大学定量生命科学研究所の胡桃坂仁志教授、鯨井智也助教らの共同研究チーム ※ は、真核細胞の遺伝子発現を担う「RNA ...
ZME Science

The “Quite Tiny” RNA Molecule That Could Answer the Question of the Origin of Life

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet ...
The Scientist

RNA Timeline: A History in Hybridization and Structure

RNA Timeline: A History in Hybridization and Structure Alexander Rich and David Davies discover the double-stranded RNA helix and show that polyribo U and polyribo A hybridize spontaneously.6 Ben Hall ...
The Conversation

RNA has newly identified role: Repairing serious DNA damage to maintain the genome

Francesca Storici consults at Tessera Therapeutics. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both ...