RNA is the real secret sauce here. RNA is the component that allows the CRISPR machinery to be so specific and to edit one gene in the human genome while leaving all of the other genes intact.

Over the last few years, scientists and entrepreneurs have flocked to developing medicines that target RNA, the genetic ...

We mapped the human genome decades ago, but most of it is still a black box. Now, UNSW scientists have developed a tool to peer inside and what they find could reshape how we think about disease.

The quest for a vaccine against HIV has been going on for about 40 years — almost as long as the virus that causes AIDS has ...

A new analysis concludes that 200 to 255 human genes, or nearly 1 percent of all human genes, encode short strands of ribonucleic acid instead of protein as their end product. Scientists initially ...

Five experts discuss topical aspects of RNA modifications, highlighting where the research field stands, recommendations for best practices and visions for the future of epitranscriptomics studies.

A group of scientists from the University of Chicago has announced a breakthrough method to alter RNA —and instead of using a protein from bacteria, like CRISPR, the new system is built out of parts ...

In fact, it turns out that human HAR1 resides in two overlapping genes. The shared HAR1 sequence gives rise to an entirely new type of RNA structure, adding to the six known classes of RNA genes.

A detailed comparison of DNA and RNA in human cells has uncovered a surprising number of cases where the corresponding sequences are not, as has long been assumed, identical. The RNA-DNA ...

Human cells can copy not only DNA, but also RNA Date: August 10, 2010 Source: University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Summary: Single-molecule sequencing technology has detected ...

University of Michigan pediatric neurologist Vivian Cheung is launching an international project to identify the full range of RNA building blocks inside human cells.