Translation is the process that makes a protein based on messenger RNA Researchers now have a 3D structure for the complex that scans mRNA to start making protein Understanding how translation begins ...

RNA plays a vital role in how our genes are expressed and how diseases develop. Yet, because RNA molecules constantly change shape, understanding how they work has long been a major scientific ...

The ability to predict and interpret modifications of ribonucleic acid (RNA) has been a welcome advance in biochemistry research. However, existing predictive approaches have a key drawback--they can ...

Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston have created a hybrid model to better understand how RNA’s structure and functional dynamics control biological systems. This modeling strategy ...

Infectious viruses come in many shapes and sizes and use slightly different attack mechanisms to make humans and animals sick. But all viruses share something in common: They can only do damage by ...

Scientists have created a model to study the role of RNA splicing defects in Alzheimer's disease, revealing degeneration and toxicity caused by neuron hyperexcitability. Researchers have puzzled over ...

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their ...

New modelling and single-cell analyses reveal how bacterial RNA repair shapes variable responses to ribosome-targeting ...

The world is absolutely teeming with viruses. The infectious agents are widely considered the most abundant biological entity on Earth. But a full understanding of viruses and the roles they play in ...

Researchers have puzzled over the neurodegenerative disorder Alzheimer's disease for decades, but treatments to stop or reverse the disease's effects on the brain have remained elusive. Scientists at ...