BioPharma Dive

Atrium spins out of Avidity, aiming to target rare heart diseases with RNA

Four months after Avidity’s $11.4 billion buyout, Atrium debuted with $270 million in cash and plans to pick up its ...

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same. Where do those differences come ...
Drug Target Review

Messy lipid nanoparticles deliver RNA more effectively

New research shows that lipid nanoparticles used in mRNA vaccines may deliver RNA more effectively when their structure is disorganised.
理化学研究所

SARS-CoV-2の転写開始の鍵となるRNA構造を同定

理化学研究所（理研）生命機能科学研究センター 先端NMR開発・応用研究チームの大山 貴子 研究員、石井 佳誉 チームリーダー（東京工業大学 生命理工学院 生命理工学系 教授）らの研究チームは、SARS-CoV-2のゲノム転写開始に関与する3′非翻訳領域[1] で ...

A small piece of RNA copies itself, hinting at how life first began

Scientists discover QT45, a self-replicating RNA molecule, offering insights into the origins of life on Earth.
Technology Networks

How the Body Detects Viral RNA Fast

Researchers showed that LGP2 binds viral RNA ends and recruits MDA5 molecules to form filament clusters that activate ...
Fred Hutch

Conducting RNA reconnaissance

Fred Hutch researchers invent a CRISPR screening method to understand RNA-binding proteins often mutated in cancer and other diseases In biology’s standard tale of two acids — deoxyribonucleic (DNA) ...
technologynetworks

Scientists Can Now Watch RNA Work Inside Living Cells

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 ...
理化学研究所

RNAポリメラーゼの働きを切り替えるメカニズムを解明

理化学研究所（理研）横山構造生物学研究室の横山茂之上席研究員、ライフサイエンス技術基盤研究センター超分子構造解析研究チームの関根俊一チームリーダー、村山祐子特別研究員らの研究チーム ※ は、遺伝子の転写を担う酵素「RNAポリメラーゼ[1 ...