Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

Look inside a brain cell with Huntington's disease or ALS and you are likely to find RNA clumped together. These solid-like ...

DNA and RNA methylation, initially thought to operate as distinct pathways, have been shown to interact closely, shifting our understanding of gene regulation. A team of researchers from the ...

RNA only has one strand, but like DNA, is made up of nucleotides. RNA strands are shorter than DNA strands. RNA sometimes forms a secondary double helix structure, but only intermittently. Length : ...

Researchers discovered a previously unknown function of RNA, potentially opening the door to new ways to treat cancer and ...

He uses an analogy of a city where every restaurant is given one huge recipe book — the DNA. However, it’s RNA that allows each restaurant to produce different dishes from that reference book.

In 2020, messenger RNA (mRNA) took center stage as the world faced an unprecedented health crisis and turned to the scientific community to help slow the spread of Covid-19.

Until now, DNA and RNA epigenetics were studied as independent systems. These two mechanisms seemed to function separately, each playing its own role in distinct stages of the gene regulation process.

This is where DNA and RNA epigenetics comes in: a series of mechanisms that act as "markers" on genes, to control their activity without modifying the DNA or RNA sequence itself.

(DNA uses bases A, C, G, and thymine (T), which is structurally similar to RNA's U.) The mRNA is copied (aka transcribed) from DNA in a cell's nucleus and then moves to the cytoplasm for its code ...

Until now, DNA and RNA epigenetics were studied as independent systems. These two mechanisms seemed to function separately, each playing its own role in distinct stages of the gene regulation process.

They carry genetic instructions from DNA to ribosomes — the factories inside cells that turn amino acids into the proteins necessary for many cell functions. But Storici’s team found that RNA can also ...