This study is the first to demonstrate that certain tRNA introns influence gene expression. Scientists have discovered that ...

Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing ...

Imagine a cancer treatment that precisely targets malignant cells, leaving healthy ones untouched. Consider, also, a cancer treatment that corrects abnormal protein synthesis to produce healthy ...

The CRISPR-Cas gene scissors offer a wide range of potential applications, from the treatment of genetic diseases to ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in ...

There are many molecules with therapeutic potential, but it can be a challenge to deliver them to the right places at the ...

RNA splicing is a cellular process that is critical for gene expression. After genes are copied from DNA into messenger RNA, portions of the RNA that don't code for proteins, called introns, are cut ...

Spliceosomes are large and dynamic RNA-protein complexes. The major spliceosome consists of five subunits, U1, U2, U4, U6, ...

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

BACKGROUND: Circular RNAs derived from both nuclear and mitochondrial genomes are identified in animal cells.