RNA (ribonucleic acid) is created when DNA is transcribed. Like DNA, RNA contains the chemical bases adenine (A), cytosine (C) and guanine (G), but uses uracil (U) instead of thymine (T).
Every single human gene has been linked to its function by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who have made the comprehensive gene-function map freely available to the scientific community...
Precursors to the stem cells that make blood have been derived in vitro from human pluripotent stem cells for the first time...
A novel mutation in a gene called TLR7 has been identified as directly linked to the development of lupus...
An approach which significantly improves the ability to modify mitochondrial DNA in living cells has been developed by scientists in South Korea...
Noncoding RNA has been found to play a key role in forming new memories and overcoming fear, a new study reveals...
Full-term mouse offspring were derived from single unfertilised eggs using targeted CRISPR/Cas9 epigenome editing...
Fetal growth restriction in pigs is linked to dysregulation of a gene, known as beta-Klotho.
Human cells behaving like those at a crucial embryological milestone have been identified, enabling insights into early development...
The first team to use CRISPR to edit a disease-causing gene in humans has found the effects are persistent up to a year later...
Mutations in three autism-associated genes have been shown to affect the pace that certain types of neurons emerge in the developing brain...
