The first sprayable insecticide made of RNA can target and kill ravenous Colorado potato beetles while sparing most ...

Researchers fhave created a new type of drug molecule that can precisely destroy TERRA, an RNA molecule that helps certain ...

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

One of the most frightening things about Alzheimer's disease is how difficult it is to diagnose early. Now, University of ...

Smaller noncoding RNA is being used in clinical practice and as knowledge grows of long noncoding RNA, use of it should follow, explained Laura Denby, PhD, Kidney Research UK Senior Fellow, senior ...

Ribonucleic acid, also called RNA, is a molecule present in all living cells. It plays a critical role in transmitting genetic instructions from DNA and creating proteins. With the power to execute a ...

The natural RNAi mechanism can be directed by either short interfering RNA (siRNA) or microRNA (miRNA). 1 There are four key steps in the RNAi pathway. When miRNA acts as the guide for RNAi, only a ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double helix—Crick laid out what he called the “central dogma” of molecular ...

Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message ...

Preeclampsia is a serious pregnancy disorder, marked by high blood pressure and the presence of proteins in urine, affecting between 2% and 4% of pregnant women worldwide, leading to about 46,000 ...