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 ...

Researchers find small RNAs that can make copies of themselves

Another factor related to their length is that they tend to form very complex structures, with many different areas of the ...

DeepChopper model improves RNA sequencing research by mitigating chimera artifacts

Scientists in the laboratory of Rendong Yang, Ph.D., associate professor of Urology, have developed a new large language model that can interpret transcriptomic data in cancer cell lines more ...
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Scripps scientists develop first examples of RNA that replicates itself indefinitely

Now, a pair of Scripps Research Institute scientists has taken a significant step toward answering that question. The scientists have synthesized for the first time RNA enzymes that can replicate ...
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Ambitious goal to sequence RNA could boost US economy

UC Vice President for Research Patrick Limbach is a key figure in the National Academies’ massive undertaking to sequence RNA in the next 15 years. A chemist who leads the University of Cincinnati’s ...
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Meet the Brown researcher who wants to help sequence all potential RNA modifications

In 2020, Juan Alfonzo, a professor of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry, began a project out of “pure COVID boredom.” Now, that project may become the largest scientific undertaking ...
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Odd RNA Caps Reveal a New Kind of Gene Transcription

Scientists have found a new process that happens when an active gene is transcribed from DNA into messenger RNA.. | Cell And ...