News articles tagged with 'ribozyme'
Researchers turn Salmonella into antiviral gene therapy agent
— 8 Feb 2011 17:51 | HealthNew experiments at the University of California, Berkeley, may one day lead to anti-viral treatments that involve swallowing Salmonella bacteria, effectively using one bug to stop another…
Powerful supercomputer peers into the origin of life
— 5 Oct 2010 03:19 | TechnologySupercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping scientists unravel how nucleic acids could have contributed to the origins of life…
A potential therapeutic agent for hepatic fibrosis
— 25 Aug 2009 15:29 | HealthAccumulating evidence suggests that connective tissue growth factor (CCN2) plays a central role in fibrotic conditions in many organ systems. Fibrosis is a scarring condition that is…
Potential new herpes therapy studied
— 4 Feb 2009 13:58 | HealthA new therapy being developed at the University of Florida could, in time, produce another weapon for the fight against herpes. The gene-targeting approach uses a specially designed…
New mode of gene regulation in mammals
— 10 Jul 2008 16:39 | BiologyResearchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered a type of gene regulation never before observed in mammals - a 'ribozyme' that controls the activity of an important…
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