RNA plays a vital role in how our genes are expressed and how diseases develop. Yet, because RNA molecules constantly change shape, understanding how they work has long been a major scientific ...

細胞核にできる小滴様のRNA凝集塊は、特定の神経変性疾患に関連している。実験の結果、こうした凝集塊が細胞の中で「固まった」ゲルになることが分かった。RNA凝集塊が毒性を持つ原因をこれで説明できるかもしれない。 遺伝性の神経変性疾患の多くは ...

RNA is a central biological macromolecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA function often depends on its precise three-dimensional structure. A recent study ...

Life on Earth may have started with a molecule that still runs our cells today. As researchers probe ribonucleic acid in the lab and in ancient rocks and space dust, RNA is yielding clues that are far ...

－ヒトのRNA干渉の機構解明に大きな一歩－ JST目的基礎研究事業の一環として、国立がんセンター研究所の増富 健吉プロジェクトリーダーは、RNA干渉注1） を起こすのに必須である2本鎖RNAを合成する酵素が、ヒトの細胞でも存在することを明らかにし ...

An innovative three-color method for capturing images of mRNA inside live mammalian cells has been developed by UMass Amherst chemists. Because RNA is both incredibly important to human life and ...