When RNA malfunctions, it can result in cancer and developmental disorders. Our cells have molecular “machines” that keep RNA “in check” and eliminate RNAs at the right time. Most come equipped with a ...

Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every ...

Thought LeadersEbbe Sloth Andersen, Ph.D.Associate Professor, iNANOAarhus University In this interview, AZoNano speaks with Associate Professor Ebbe Sloth Andersen from Aarhus University about a new ...

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures. Specifically, the same RNA molecule can switch between ON and OFF structures, ...

microRNAs (miRNA) are recently discovered, short segments of RNA, which play vital roles in health and disease. microRNA over- or under-abundance can switch critical disease genes on or off, ...

Every second, a myriad of shapeless strands of RNA fold, origami-style, into intricate structures inside living cells. Now, researchers can watch the first data-driven video of this folding as RNA ...

Shape Therapeutics, a Seattle preclinical stage biotech company developing RNA editing and gene therapy technologies, has raised $112 million. The company’s RNA editing technologies are spun out of ...

Shape Therapeutics has raised $112 million in series B financing to further develop RNA editing and gene-therapy technologies. Shape’s RNA editing technology takes advantage of an enzyme called ADAR ...

(Reuters Health) - Online gamers have uncovered better models for folding RNA molecules than supercomputers housed in some of the world’s most prestigious research labs, according to a new report. The ...

Biologists at Indiana University Bloomington have shown that the surfaces of plant leaves are coated with a diverse array of RNA molecules. The finding suggests that the RNA present on the leaf ...

A new study shows how one of Ebola virus's key proteins, VP40, uses molecular triggers in the human cell to transform itself into different tools for different jobs. The human genome contains the ...