Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way cells can generate cancer-driving proteins—by cutting RNA into shorter, ...

Until now, studying the genetic processes in cells required destroying them—making it impossible to observe these processes ...

But methyl groups aren’t easily passed to the next generation: Fertilized eggs erase most of these marks from both sets of ...

The integrity of DNA and RNA is essential for every cell. DNA contains the genetic information for proteins, while RNA serves as a working copy of individual genes and is required for the synthesis of ...

When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can ...

Cancers driven by hiccups in RNA processing can’t hide from our immune system, according to new work published today in Cell. A cross-institutional team Fred Hutch Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For a molecule of RNA, the world is a dangerous place. Unlike DNA, which can persist for millions of years in its remarkably stable, ...

For decades, circular RNA was treated as little more than molecular background noise — stable fragments that accumulated in ...

A hallmark of type 2 diabetes is the progressive loss of beta cell mass: cells in the pancreas that produce and release ...