Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system — even between organisms widely separated by evolution. For a molecule of RNA, the world is a ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For a molecule of RNA, the world is a dangerous place. Unlike DNA, which can persist for millions of years in its remarkably stable, ...
In 1993, two researchers named Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun independently published back-to-back papers in the December 3 issue of the journal Cell. In their papers, they described how the roundworm ...