A research team led by Prof. Cao Xiaofeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese ...

When a gene gets duplicated, it often leads to the recipe being followed too many times, and the resulting “leftovers,” the ...

This promiscuous binding activity means that miRNA can act on many different mRNAs, potentially silencing hundreds of genes simultaneously. In contrast, when RNAi is guided by siRNA, the entire ...

These gene silencing proteins, referred to as Polycomb complexes, play critical roles in helping cells remember their own identity. While every type of cell in our body expresses a specific set of ...

Double-stranded RNA can be introduced experimentally to silence genes of interest. In plants, silencing can be triggered, for example, by engineering RNA viruses. In worms, silencing can be ...

In a recent publication in Cell Reports Medicine, a collaborative research team led by Chen-Yu Zhang and Huan Wang at Nanjing ...

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced presentation of preclinical data supporting the advancement of ...

Ribonucleic acid, commonly known as RNA, is involved in many biological functions, and some, including gene silencing, are utilized to cure diseases. RNA has recently gained attention as a ...

"We are excited with the rapid completion of enrollment of the third safety cohort," said Robert Bitterman, CEO of Phio Pharmaceuticals. "We look forward to rapidly advancing the study to bring an ...

Interim Results from clinical study for cutaneous carcinomas presented at Late-Breaking Research SessionMarlborough, Massachusetts--(Newsfile ...

Multidrug-resistant bacteria pose a major threat to human health. Manipulation of bacterial genes at the transcriptional level is a potential strategy to fight antibiotic-resistant bacterial ...