This isn't the first time RNA has been honored recently. The molecule has been something of a scientific darling of late: ...

Many diseases are caused by a missing or defective copy of a single gene. For decades, scientists have been working on gene therapy treatments that could cure such diseases by delivering a new copy of ...

Cells rely on tiny molecules called microRNAs to tune which genes are active and when. Cells must carefully control the ...

Prostate cancer remains one of the most common cancers among men, yet current screening tools often fail to distinguish between harmless and aggressive forms of the disease. This review highlights how ...

Is there a connection between bird flu and microRNA, the tiny bits of RNA which have different tasks in regulating genes and producing the body’s building blocks? “MicroRNA is quite stable, and ...