A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function – it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, an additional function beyond its role in energy production, ...
After a heart attack, cardiologists can reopen blocked vessels and restore blood flow, but the muscle cells that died will never be replaced.
Salanersen, a treatment candidate for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) now in clinical testing, is safe and was shown to stabilize or improve motor function over at least one year of follow-up in ...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to the forefront of global health care. After their clinical ...
Researchers engineered the first RNA-based NAND gate in living cells using deep learning and Bayesian optimization, testing ...
Christine Dunham is a leading expert on the ribosome—an elaborate macro-molecular machine that operates like a factory within ...
A team from University of Toronto Engineering is the first to synthesize long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) outside the cell—a new approach to drug discovery that has already yielded some promising ...
Messenger RNA therapy restores sperm production, enabling healthy offspring in a mouse model of genetic male infertilityResearchers in Japan have demonstrated that targeted delivery of messenger ...