News articles tagged with 'microRNA'
The language of RNA decoded: Study reveals new function for pseudogenes and noncoding RNAs
— 24 Jun 2010 11:07 | HealthThe central dogma of molecular biology, as proposed in 1970 by Francis Crick and James Watson, holds that genetic information is transferred from DNA to functional proteins by way of…
TGen-VARI-SHC research helps predict success with cancer drugs
— 15 Jun 2010 03:51 | HealthResearchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Centre at Scottsdale Healthcare have discovered…
MicroRNA and host gene play key role in regulating cholesterol pathways
— 14 May 2010 12:45 | HealthMassachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified tiny segments of RNA that may play an important role in the body's regulation of cholesterol and lipids. Their study…
CSHL scientists uncover alternative pathway of microRNA generation
— 29 Apr 2010 09:49 | HealthMicroRNAs are small bits of RNA within cells that wield enormous power. They influence virtually every biological process by controlling the 'expression' of genes. Helping them in exerting…
MicroRNA: A glimpse into the past
— 2 Feb 2010 15:10 | BiologyThe last ancestor we shared with worms, which roamed the seas around 600 million years ago, may already have had a sophisticated brain that released hormones into the blood and was…
Argonautes: A big turn-off for proteins
— 2 Feb 2010 13:01 | HealthJohns Hopkins scientists believe they may have figured out how genetic snippets called microRNAs are able to shut down the production of some proteins…
UCSF scientists illuminate how microRNAs drive tumour progression
— 18 Sep 2009 13:59 | HealthUCSF researchers have identified collections of tiny molecules known as microRNAs that affect distinct processes critical for the progression of cancer. The findings, they say, expand…
Scientists use microRNAs to track evolutionary history for first time
— 10 Sep 2009 11:11 | BiologyThe large group of segmented worms known as annelids, which includes earthworms, leeches and bristle worms, evolved millions of years ago and can be found in every corner of the world.…
MicroRNAs circulating in blood show promise as biomarkers to detect pancreatic cancer
— 4 Sep 2009 17:01 | HealthA blood test for small molecules abnormally expressed in pancreatic cancer may be a promising route to early detection of the disease, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson…
A genome-wide map shows precisely where microRNAs do their work
— 17 Jun 2009 17:00 | BiologyMicroRNAs are the newest kid on the genetic block. By regulating the unzipping of genetic information, these tiny molecules have set the scientific world alight with such wide-ranging…