Researchers begin to map function and expression of isomiRs of microRNA.
Researchers have encountered variants or isoforms in microRNAs (miRNAs) before, but assumed that these variants were accidental byproducts. A recent study from Thomas Jefferson University shows that...
View ArticleResearchers use circulating RNA to provide multiple myeloma prognosis.
The ‘molecular mail’ sent by multiple myeloma cells provides clues to how well patients with the disease are likely to respond to treatment, according to a study being presented at the annual meeting...
View ArticleResearchers use precision medicine-based microRNAs to limit cancer metastases.
Cancers that have spread throughout the body, a process known as metastasis, are difficult, often impossible, to control. They are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Twenty years ago,...
View ArticleLargest ever analysis maps epigenetic methylation pathway which suppresses...
In what is believed to be the largest epigenetic analysis to date of cell-signaling molecules in early-stage melanoma, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have identified two tiny bits of...
View ArticleResearchers map microRNA’s role in the human hepatitis c infection.
In the battle between a cell and a virus, either side may resort to subterfuge. Molecular messages, which control the cellular machinery both sides need, are vulnerable to interception or forgery. New...
View ArticleResearchers induce microRNA-based cardiomyocyte proliferation after heart...
The heart tissue of mammals has limited capacity to regenerate after an injury such as a heart attack, in part due to the inability to reactivate a cardiac muscle cell and proliferation program. Recent...
View ArticleResearchers being to map the epigenetic pathway of miR-22 cancer suppression.
The micro RNA miR-22 has long been known for its ability to suppress cancer. However, questions remain about how it achieves this feat. For example, which molecules are regulating miR-22, and which are...
View ArticleNew RNA-based blood test quickly reveals severity of radiation injury.
A novel blood test could greatly improve triage of victims of radiation accidents by rapidly predicting who will survive, who will die, and who should receive immediate medical countermeasures,...
View ArticleFirst ever study shows how astrocytes help to spread glioma.
A glioma is a type of tumour that starts in the brain or spine. It is called a glioma because it arises from glial cells. The most common site of gliomas is the brain. Gliomas make up about 30% of all...
View ArticleResearchers unlock another piece of the RNA sequencing puzzle.
After it is transcribed from DNA, RNA can go on to many fates. While the most familiar path may lead directly to the production of protein, RNA molecules themselves can also become capable of altering...
View ArticleResearchers successfully develop leukemia-in-a-dish.
To better understand diseases with a genetic component, a popular approach is to take skin cells from patients with a disease and use enzymes to coax the cells back along the differentiation pathway to...
View ArticleResearchers show how gut inflammation initiates colon cancer.
It is known that chronic inflammation in the gut increases the risk of colon cancer by as much as 500%. Therefore, the genetic basis and mechanism of cancer proliferation in these cases are highly...
View ArticleCell-free microRNA identified as biomarker for early diagnosis of Ebola.
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe infectious disease which caused an epidemic in West Africa in 2013-2015, and has resulted in at least 10,000 confirmed deaths. Early diagnosis of EVD is not only...
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