According to microbiologist Susanne Erdmann, RNA can morph into different forms, acting as an enzyme, latching onto DNA, and ...

Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system—even between ...

His team analyzed literature on miRNA, summarizing the close relationship between these small molecules and cancer. miRNA is a type of non-coding RNA that does not encode proteins, but can target more ...

Largest discovery of new virus species sheds light on the hidden virosphere. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to ...

The next-generation sequencing test, infexn, developed by HaystackAnalytics, is a genomics-based test capable of detecting ...

Dr. Lynne Maquat, a mechanistic biochemist and the director of the University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology, was ...

A team of researchers has identified a promising therapy based on antimiRs to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a ...

To find RNA viruses hiding in genomic “dark matter,” researchers took advantage of one thing they all have in common: the RNA polymerase enzyme.

Sinai Health researchers discovered that DNA elements known as transposons which may roam around the genome influence a vital shift in early human development ...

Letters to the editors for the June 2024 issue of Scientific American ...

Efforts to make therapeutics from the tiny RNA molecules have been ‘in a little bit of a slump’, but that might soon change.

Plants have a sophisticated mechanism for monitoring the production of new proteins. The U1 snRNP complex ensures that the ...