Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have discovered a way to target RNA that could lead to new treatment options for ...

The scientist who discovered hybridization and the "other" double helix describes what it meant to biology. By Alexander Rich Fifty-two years ago I was venturing to the basement of Cal Tech chemistry ...

The ‘RNA world’ scenario, which proposes that RNA was the first complex molecule to turn Earth’s primordial soup into living chemistry, has found new support 1. Like DNA, RNA can store genetic ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have discovered a way to target RNA that could lead to new treatment options for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common adult-onset form of ...

Scientists have designed a new method for detecting and analyzing double-stranded RNA during the manufacture of messenger RNA products. The team of Anubhav Tripathi, PhD, from Brown University, claim ...

However, if the circuit binds to a complementary target RNA strand in the cell, it becomes a double-stranded RNA molecule. The team engineered their circuit so that the A of the UAG sequence would ...

The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets. Thomas Cech. W.W. Norton; 304 pages; $28.99 and £23.99 All this is the subject of Thomas Cech’s new book, “The Catalyst”. The author ...