DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shed valuable light on the nuanced functions and intricate regulatory methods of RNA editing, a critical mechanism underlying ...

A study from Würzburg reveals that pox viruses have developed a unique strategy to rapidly multiply after infecting a host ...

The hippocampus is an important brain region known to support various cognitive (i.e., mental) processes, including the ...

As climate change and human activity threaten freshwater ecosystems like lakes and rivers, it's more important than ever to ...

Researchers discover unprecedented pathway in edible fungus that produces telomerase RNA from a protein-coding messenger RNA.

A new study has discovered an unprecedented pathway producing telomerase RNA from a protein-coding messenger RNA (mRNA).

Learn what RNAi is and how RNA interference enables precise gene silencing for research, agriculture, and therapeutic use.