細胞核にできる小滴様のRNA凝集塊は、特定の神経変性疾患に関連している。実験の結果、こうした凝集塊が細胞の中で「固まった」ゲルになることが分かった。RNA凝集塊が毒性を持つ原因をこれで説明できるかもしれない。 遺伝性の神経変性疾患の多くは ...

Andrea Kasinski receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and the American Lung Association. She is the inventor on multiple patients associated with her ...

Schematic representation of how self-amplifying RNA works. Despite the apparent success of Covid mRNA vaccines, fundamental issues remain. The limitations of the current Pfizer and Moderna vaccines ...

Sean Ryder, professor at UMass Chan Medical School, has written a book to delve the mysteries of ribonucleic acid as a tool to fight diseases. Messenger ribonucleic acid, or mRNA, is in the public ...