It all started in the lab. Two Boston University doctoral students, Joshua McGee and Jack Kirsch, were creating and testing different types of RNA—strands of ribonucleic acid, built from chains ...

Other types of RNA. Beyond the primary role of RNA in protein synthesis, several varieties of RNA exist that are involved in post-transcriptional modification, DNA replication, and gene regulation.

Professor Hirohide Saito (Department of Life Science Frontiers at CiRA / The University of Tokyo) and Assistant Professor ...

Biologists have discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA transcripts.

No longer a mere assistant who carries out the commands of DNA, RNA takes the lead in emerging therapeutics.

Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA or RNA. We are still discovering new types of RNA viruses, as shown in two new ...

RNA is often described as the single-stranded cousin of DNA, the double-stranded molecule that makes up the genomes of all living organisms. Many types of non-living viruses, however, carry their ...

A new type of RNA degrading-small molecule with broad potential applications has shown some success against the virus that causes COVID-19.

RNA polymerase II, shown here, is responsible for creating messenger RNA (mRNA), which is the main type of RNA that gets translated into proteins. It can also create a few other types of RNA, ...

RNA messengers have also been used to create covid-busting vaccines and may soon be deployed against other diseases, including certain types of cancer. And RNA is a crucial element of the modern ...

A group of interdisciplinary Boston University researchers worked together to investigate the promising technology of self-amplifying RNA as a way to deliver lifesaving drugs and create more ...

RNA splicing, a process discovered in the late 1970s, allows cells to precisely control the content of the mRNA transcripts that carry the instructions for building proteins.