A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

Eli Lilly has put up to $1.3 billion on the line to partner with South Korea’s Rznomics and gain access to the biotech’s novel RNA editors for hearing loss. Aside from the total deal value, details of ...

The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets. Thomas Cech. W.W. Norton; 304 pages; $28.99 and £23.99 All this is the subject of Thomas Cech’s new book, “The Catalyst ...

Since the 1950s, researchers have used a famous method invented by Wallace Coulter known as "flow cytometry" to characterize ...

Fatal infectious diseases caused by RNA viruses, such as COVID-19, have emerged around the world. RT-PCR is widely employed for virus detection, and its accuracy depends on the primers and probes ...

As patients were dosed in the first-ever RNA editing clinical trial in December 2023, it certainly seems as though RNA editing technology has started to make significant strides. Unlike DNA editing, ...

RNA polymerase is a multi-unit enzyme that synthesizes RNA molecules from a template of DNA through a process called transcription . The transcription of genetic information into RNA is the first step ...

RNA was extracted by the TRIzol methods and 1 µg of RNA was reverse transcribed into cDNA using the random hexamer RT primer and RevertAid First Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, ...

We report the synthesis of guanosine 5′-(4-methylimidazolyl)phosphonate (ICG), the third member of a series of nonhydrolyzable nucleoside 5′-phosphoro-2-methylimidazolide (2-MeImpN) analogues designed ...