According to research from a team at the University of Utah Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, ...

Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

Scientists at IOCB Prague are uncovering new details of gene transcription. They have identified a previously unknown ...

Increasing paternal age has been linked to elevated health risks for the next generation, including higher risks of obesity ...

New research shows how sperm RNA changes as men age, revealing a biological shift that may affect reproduction and child ...

A research team from National Taiwan University, Academia Sinica, and National Taiwan University Hospital has uncovered a critical connection between a unique RNA molecule and human aging, including ...

* Obelisks are <1 kb RNA replicators with protein-coding genes and ribozymes * Found in 50% of oral and 7% of gut microbiomes, indicating widespread presence * Their impact on //human health remains ...

Hidden RNA signals in sperm reveal an "aging cliff" that could impact offspring health.

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures. Specifically, the same RNA molecule can switch between ON and OFF structures, ...

A surprising amount of the DNA sequence in the genes of humans and other higher organisms ends up on the cutting-room floor, so to speak, spliced out by the cellular machinery that turns genetic code ...