RNA gene scissors (CRISPR-Cas13) are gaining significant attention as a next-generation gene therapy with fewer side effects.

President Trump’s administration has slammed the brakes on development of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, which proved their ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Moderna (MRNA) has agreed to do another clinical trial to back its newly approved ...

The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

A new type of mRNA vaccine is more adaptable to mutating viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and the bird flu, according to research from ...

The finding clarifies an important aspect of cell biology, and may have clinical implications, since this messenger RNA modification, known as m6A, is the target of an emerging class of cancer ...

The researchers spent more than six years developing novel methods to target messenger RNA in blood and then used it to identify the presence of cancers at different stages, to track resistance to ...

Don't kill the messenger RNA! First mRNA stabilizing substance could open new ways in the development of innovative mRNA therapeutics Date: October 16, 2024 Source: Max Planck Institute of ...

Although RNA is short-lived, it has revealed itself to be a shape-shifting molecular marvel. It’s best known for helping cells produce new proteins by copying DNA instructions (as messenger RNA ...

Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system — even between organisms widely separated by evolution. For a molecule of RNA, the world is a ...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic greatly accelerated the development of messenger RNA technology by demonstrating the safety, effectiveness and scalability of mRNA-based vaccines 1. Writing in Nature ...

Consequently, effective disease-modifying treatments are generally lacking. Aberrant messenger RNA (mRNA) translation is implicated in a range of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer ...