RNA - Latest research and news | Nature
WEB3 days ago · RNA (ribonucleic acid) is a nucleic acid polymer where the carbohydrate is ribose. RNA is generally single-stranded, as DNA is transcribed by RNA polymerases into mRNA (messenger RNA),...
This Nobel Prize-winning scientist breaks down the future of RNA …
WEBJun 5, 2024 · CNN — While you’re probably pretty familiar with DNA, it’s likely that RNA only made it onto your radar during the pandemic, thanks to Covid-19 vaccines such as the ones from Moderna and Pfizer....
Why rings of RNA could be the next blockbuster drug - Nature
WEBOct 4, 2023 · Nature - The commercial success of RNA vaccines for COVID-19 has revved up interest in circular RNAs as the next generation of therapies.
NIH adds its voice to call for expanding RNA research
WEBMay 30, 2024 · The push from scientists is growing for a massive increase in research on RNA, a nucleic acid long in the shadow to the DNA that makes up genomes.
RNA vaccines - Latest research and news - Nature
WEBAug 20, 2024 · RNA vaccines articles from across Nature Portfolio. RNA vaccines are composed of the nucleic acid RNA, which encode antigen genes of an infectious agent. When administered to host cells, the...
mRNA vaccines: 5 things to know | CNN
WEBOct 3, 2023 · Messenger RNA, or mRNA, is a form of nucleic acid that tells cells what to do based on the information contained in DNA. Unlike DNA, which acts as an instruction manual for life contained in...
The Long-Overlooked Molecule That Will Define a Generation of …
WEBMay 29, 2024 · RNA discoveries have led to new therapies, such as the use of antisense RNA to help treat children afflicted with the devastating disease spinal muscular atrophy.
Early mRNA research that led to COVID-19 vaccines wins ... - Science News
WEBOct 2, 2023 · The researchers found that swapping the RNA building block uridine for modified versions, first pseudouridine and then N1-methylpseudouridine, could dampen the bad immune reaction.
RNA deserves its own massive counterpart to the Human Genome …
WEBMar 21, 2024 · Now, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is calling for a 15-year effort to study and catalog the thousands of RNA sequences made in cells and the ways they can go wrong.
Q&A with Brown biochemist on RNA, the molecule causing global ...
WEBAug 13, 2024 · PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — RNA hit prime time during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the average American waiting in line for their shot knew that the vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were made using mRNA.