Self‑replicating circular RNA persists in extreme environments: Insights from hot spring microbiomes

Although the genetic material of most living organisms is DNA, various self-replicating agents rely instead on RNA, including ...

One-step method reveals structures of RNA-protein complexes in living cells

A new method developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions allows researchers to better understand ...
Medscape

The Science of piRNA and Predicting Death With a Blood Test

A new study analyzed piRNA — first discovered in 2006 — as a strong predictor of short-term survival in older patients. It ...

After a year of turmoil, cancer researchers see promising signs for mRNA vaccines

The mRNA-based Covid vaccines helped blunt the impact of the pandemic but also sparked political backlash that has threatened ...
H2O/Waternetwerk

Internationale norm voor PCR in wateronderzoek

Voor de microbiologische monitoring van drinkwater, zwembadwater, oppervlaktewater, grondwater en afvalwater kan de ...
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This RNA almost self-replicates, which could explain life's origins

(Christoph Burgstedt/iStock/Getty Images Plus) The RNA world hypothesis posits that molecules made up of ribonucleic acids ...
NRC

Primeur: voor het eerst maakte een niet-wetenschapper vanaf nul een gepersonaliseerd kankervaccin, voor zijn hond

Biotechnologie: Met hulp van AI wist een man in Australië zonder enige voorkennis een kankermedicijn te ontwerpen voor zijn ...
Ars Technica

Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself

There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth. But the research community has largely reached consensus that one of the key steps was the emergence of an RNA molecule that ...
New Scientist

RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life's origins

According to the RNA world hypothesis, life began when RNA molecules evolved the ability to make more copies of themselves. Now we have discovered an RNA molecule that is almost capable of this – it ...
The Conversation

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same. Where do those differences come ...