All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...

Francesco Crea receives funding from Cancer Research UK and Abbie's Army (Medical Research Charity). Azuma Kalu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

All cells on Earth are enveloped in a fatty layer of lipids. Lipid membranes protect the content of the cells, including genetic information such as RNA and DNA. A new study reveals how lipids and RNA ...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) are sections of RNA over 200 nucleotides in length that are not translated into proteins, remaining in the nucleus following transcription in relatively low concentration ...

There’s a strong consensus that life on Earth got its start through RNA, a close chemical sibling of DNA. Over the last few decades, researchers have described how individual RNA bases can ...

All five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA have now been detected in meteorite samples, according to a study published yesterday (April 26) in Nature Communications. The work used recently ...

Frozen in time, RNA cellular snapshots can reveal the health, diet, and behaviors of extinct animals at time of death. In A ...

Researchers from Stockholm University have—for the first time ever—managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules ...