Life on Earth may have started with a molecule that still runs our cells today. As researchers probe ribonucleic acid in the ...

Our genes contain all the instructions our body needs to function, but their expression must be finely regulated to guarantee that each cell performs its role optimally. This is where DNA and RNA ...

Researchers have made a significant advance in understanding how genes are controlled in living organisms. The new study focuses on critical snippets of RNA in the tiny, transparent roundworm ...

RNA is a central biological macromolecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA function often depends on its precise three-dimensional structure. A recent study ...

An innovative three-color method for capturing images of mRNA inside live mammalian cells has been developed by UMass Amherst chemists. Because RNA is both incredibly important to human life and ...

The metaphors we used to describe DNA make it sound almost sacred. Proteins, too, are revered. They are the “workhorses of the cell.” They make things happen. RNA, by contrast, has not been so exalted ...

細胞核にできる小滴様のRNA凝集塊は、特定の神経変性疾患に関連している。実験の結果、こうした凝集塊が細胞の中で「固まった」ゲルになることが分かった。RNA凝集塊が毒性を持つ原因をこれで説明できるかもしれない。 遺伝性の神経変性疾患の多くは ...

QIMR Berghofer scientists have discovered a cancer-fighting RNA molecule that could hold the key to a new way of treating the ...