A new preclinical study by Mass Eye and Ear investigators showed that a novel mRNA-based therapy may be able to prevent blindness and scarring from proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) following a ...

This interesting study presents valuable information on how human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection disrupts the activity of the TEAD1 transcription factor, leading to widespread chromatin alterations.

Researchers have identified that G-quadruplexes promote harmful protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases. Blocking ...

Recent findings indicate that the chirality of molecules, critical to life's structure, might not have been as fixed in early ...

Our cells need to be able to recognize potential invaders as a threat, the key function of the body's innate immune system.

Researchers have developed a new method to profile gene activity in the living human brain, offering new insights into ...

Despite the importance of RNA structure in understanding function, the majority of RNA molecules remain structurally ...

Both the sequence of bases and the three-dimensional structure of RNA are determining factors in the great versatility of functions that characterize the molecule. The team used the mechanical ...

Our cells need to be able to recognise potential invaders as a threat, the key function of the body's innate immune system ..

The "RNA world" hypothesis proposes that the ... two resulting DNA fragments that could still impact ribozyme structure and function. "We found a restriction enzyme that cuts the DNA a short ...

Dynamic, reversible modifications of DNA and RNA regulate how genes are expressed and transcribed, which can influence ...

Significantly higher levels of the miRNA molecule miR-3591-5p were seen in those with CHD and moderate to severe PAH than ...