The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

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

A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular ...

The intricate dynamics of RNA biology in plant interactions with biotic factors, including both microbes and insects, have a major impact on plant health and productivity. Understanding the molecular ...

RNA is a fundamental molecule of life that plays diverse structural, functional, and regulatory roles in all organisms and pathogenic viruses. In recent years, the discovery of new classes of RNA ...

A new review article highlights the transformative role of circular RNA (circRNA) in cancer, revealing its potential as both a key player in tumor biology and a promising avenue for future therapies.

02 February 2023, Hesse, Marburg: A press spokeswoman points to a plasmid model at the Görzhausen I Biontech site. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/picture ...

Johns Hopkins University, home to considerable expertise in RNA sciences and therapeutic development, has announced a new academic collaboration with TriLink BioTechnologies, part of Maravai ...

Swedish scientists recover RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, revealing gene activity and ancient viruses in extinct ...

DNA is the backbone of the genetic code so, logically, decoding and understanding the genetic sequence along with epigenetic modifications came first. Yet, RNA and the emerging field of ...

Researchers analyzed RNA from the 130-year-old tissue of a Tasmanian tiger, a carnivorous marsupial that went extinct nine decades ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Katalin Karikó, a biochemist at BioNTech, Szeged University, and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), and Drew Weissman, an immunologist at UPenn, won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...