Recent neuroscience studies have consistently outlined the role of the C9ORF72 gene in the development of some neurodegenerative diseases. These studies found that mutations of this gene increase the ...

A collaborative study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, and University of Southern California reports on how a process known as alternative splicing, often described as ...

Our cells need to be able to recognize potential invaders as a threat, the key function of the body's innate immune system. Sometimes this process fails, causing the body to react to its own cells, ...

Fred Hutch researchers invent a CRISPR screening method to understand RNA-binding proteins often mutated in cancer and other diseases In biology’s standard tale of two acids — deoxyribonucleic (DNA) ...

The recognition of mRNA molecules as a transformative class of therapeutic drugs has soared, particularly with the development of COVID 19 mRNA vaccines. The cancer treatment landscape is similarly ...

Bodybuilders and cellular mechanisms agree generating protein is a heavy lift. To complete the task, cells rely on complexes called spliceosomes. These molecular machines snip extra bits out of our ...

Elegen, a global leader in next-generation DNA manufacturing, and Nutcracker Therapeutics, a global leader in next-generation RNA design and manufacturing, today announced the launch of a pilot ...

The molecular machinery that normally works on building proteins inside cells has now taken on a new role as a "switch." A research team at POSTECH has developed a new 'RNA-based smart gene circuit' ...

A ribozyme found by accident selectively repairs broken RNA, suggesting early life could have preserved its genetic code without any proteins. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / AI-Generated / CC BY-SA 4.0) The ...