Researchers from Radboud university medical center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited ...

Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside cells that form compartments with individual functions. For example, ...

Two UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering faculty have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors. They are David ...

Researchers have visualized how a large RNA molecule assembles itself into a functional machine. RNA is a central biological macromolecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like ...

One of Yuka’s legs, illustrating the exceptional preservation of the lower part of the leg after the skin had been removed, which enabled recovery of ancient RNA molecules. Photo credit: Valeri ...

Japan biotech xFOREST Therapeutics is teaming up with a drug discovery solutions provider in a research pact aiming to develop new RNA structure-targeted small molecule therapeutics, including mRNA ...

The use of RNA is a promising approach for a growing range of therapeutics and vaccines, but overcoming a few challenges would enable it even further. Stability and persistence in the body are ...

Look inside a brain cell with Huntington’s disease or ALS and you are likely to find RNA clumped together. These solid-like clusters, thought to be irreversible, can act as sponges that soak up ...

SANTA CRUZ — A Ph.D. graduate student in biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, with a background in computer science and mathematics, has created an innovative software program called CRISPRware, ...

Researchers led by Priya Banerjee, an Indian American professor at University at Buffalo have found how harmful RNA clumps linked to neurological disorder form and a way to prevent and dissolve them.