Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs ...

Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message ...

A study reveals how RNA modifications regulate the transformation of stem cells into retinal cells. The protein METTL3, which ...

Many essential biochemical processes in cells in various life forms involve RNA molecules, which are critical for development, proliferation, homeostasis, immune defense, intercellular communication, ...

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals shaped reactions, and molecules bumped into each other by chance. Out of this ...

When a bone grows, our bodies’ proteins help provide the structure. When a muscle tears, proteins help rebuild it. When we fight an infection, transport oxygen in our blood or send messages to a cell, ...

In biology’s standard tale of two acids — deoxyribonucleic (DNA) and ribonucleic (RNA) — RNA is merely the messenger. Its better-known cousin DNA plays the lead role, issuing genetic instructions for ...

Texas A&M Health researchers discovered that RNA drives cancer growth in translocation renal cell carcinoma (tRCC) by ...