Proteins that trigger cell senescence occupy much of the literature on aging, but a small RNA moves into the limelight.

When immersed in water, RNA strands quickly break down into their constituent parts—a process known as hydrolysis. So, how ...

Scientists have identified the likely geological and environmental conditions that fostered the development of life as we ...

It offers a powerful new tool for identifying and understanding important parts of the genome ... Apr. 12, 2024 — The rise of RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 highlights the need for new ways ...

Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, has ...

B efore the committee that awards the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine made its announcement on October 7th, the ...

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 prize was awarded for the discovery of microRNA and “its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.” MicroRNA plays an ...

In a new study, the drug RK-33 has demonstrated promise in treating breast cancer that has spread to the bone (breast cancer ...

In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based ...

arise from RNA that comes from outside the cell.” Worms with a mutation in lin-4 repeated certain steps in larval development and failed to make some adult parts, Ambros said October 7 in a news ...

Early trial data of two virally suppressed, breast-feeding women with HIV shows that there may be less of a risk of HIV ...