POSTS TAGGED AS RNA

A Blood Test for the Cause of Stroke

Ischemia Care
Acute ischemic stroke is life threatening, but can be reversible if the restricted blood flow is corrected quickly, which [MORE]

Transcriptome Profiling in a Single Living Cell

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It is assumed that cells behave differently in vivo and in vitro, but a University of Pennsylvania [MORE]

The Viron Sensor

“The Whispering Gallery-Mode biosensor (see images)—so called after the Whispering Gallery in London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral—is able to detect the [MORE]

Topical Gene Therapy

Gene therapy has relied on multiple delivery “vehicles”—liposomes, peptides, viruses, et al—to place genetic material inside cells, either in the [MORE]

Predicting Male Fertility

Using RNA microarrays, researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (Barcelona, Spain) identified 85 gene expressions associated with low [MORE]

A New Mystery Written in RNA

N6-methyladenosine
For some time, biochemists have known about DNA and protein modifications—i.e. chemical changes that alter the function of genes [MORE]

RNA Microsponges as Transporters

Chemical engineers at MIT have developed a new means for delivering therapeutics to targeted cells, calling their creation “RNAi [MORE]

Early Detection of Atherosclerosis

Biophysicists at the University of Virginia have identified a gene expression profile for diagnosing the risk an individual has [MORE]

“Repairing” RNA

In the most severe forms of Huntington’s disease, a glutamine-coding DNA sequence on chromosome 7, CAG, can be repeated [MORE]

miRNA Insights to Hypertension

Many investigators have suspected that regulation of renin-an enzyme that mediates the extracellular fluids volume in blood-plays a key role [MORE]

Schizophrenia’s RNA Expression Pattern

A main aim of genetics in psychiatric epidemiology is to sort out much finer definitions of mental disorders beyond [MORE]

Nanoparticles Deliver iRNA’s

Nanoparticles entering a cell
Cancer researchers and physicians are awaiting clinical outcome data that Mark Davis and colleagues will present [MORE]