RNA-based medicine is about to take a huge leap forward thanks to the discovery of extremely short RNA fragments with ...

Mir195 enables Ebf1-deficient hematopoietic progenitor cells to mature into B cells, suggesting some miRNA can substitute for transcription factors in differentiation.

MicroRNA Breakthrough Offers New Insights Into Stress Management A new study published in Nature Communications has identified a promising role ...

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA and its pivotal role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

Background: MicroRNA-1 (miR1) plays a critical role in maintaining cardiac homeostasis. Full knockout of miR1 results in postnatal lethality. While prior studies have primarily focused on the ...

In a recent study published in Cell Metabolism, a collaborative research team led by Chen-Yu Zhang, Xi Chen, and Di-Jun Chen from Nanjing University, together with Tao Zhang from Nanjing Medical ...

Human Sperm Bank of The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730013, China The First Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China In an article by Sun ...

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Liver fibrosis is caused by excessive extracellular matrix accumulation, which in turn is driven by activation of hepatic stellate ...

MicroRNAs are essential for Purkinje cells to develop their characteristically elaborate dendritic arbors. When Scripps Research scientists temporarily turned off microRNA function during development, ...

Summary: A new study reveals that microRNAs—tiny regulators of gene expression—play a crucial role in shaping Purkinje cells, rare brain neurons linked to movement and neurodevelopmental disorders.