Scientific American

How RNA Unseated DNA as the Most Important Molecule in Your Body

DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...
The Scientist

What Is RNAi? Gene Silencing Explained for Researchers and Innovators

The natural RNAi mechanism can be directed by either short interfering RNA (siRNA) or microRNA (miRNA). 1 There are four key steps in the RNAi pathway. When miRNA acts as the guide for RNAi, only a ...
Los Angeles Times

Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 U.S. scientists for their discovery of microRNA

STOCKHOLM — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that ...
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Study finds viruses rely on diverse RNA traits to pack their genomes with precision

Researchers at San Diego State University and Michigan State University are shedding new light on how viruses meticulously pack their genetic material — a breakthrough that could help researchers ...
Associated Press

Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNA

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells ...