Ask a friend what DNA is and, chances are, they have a general idea. Seventy years after scientists discovered the two-stranded helix, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is widely understood as the keeper of ...
Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...
The United States Food and Drug Administration has just approved the first-ever clinical trial that uses CRISPR-Cas13 RNA ...
Cedars-Sinai scientists have created a new experimental drug called TY1 that helps the body repair damaged DNA and restore ...
After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new ...
Scientists have sequenced RNA from a nearly 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth leg, the oldest ancient RNA ever recovered. These ...
In 2018, the RNA Society endorsed Aug. 1 as annual World RNA Day, and depending on when you’re reading this article, the anniversary of that day is either upon you now or has likely passed you by ...
Spatial RNA medicine combines transcriptomics and RNA therapeutics, mapping gene expression in tissues to enhance precision ...
We have all been told to avoid direct sunlight between 12 noon and 3 p.m., seek out shade and put on sunscreen and a hat. Nevertheless, most of us have been experienced sunburn at least once. The skin ...
Cedars-Sinai researchers have created TY1, an experimental RNA-based drug that helps the body repair damaged DNA and restore injured tissue. The idea came from studying tiny molecular “messages” ...
Scientists have recovered RNA from a mammoth carcass preserved in permafrost for 40,000 years. The ancient molecules reveal details about the creature’s last moments.