Reporting in Nature Medicine, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have determined that a small piece of RNA, a microRNA, could be critical to maintaining the proper function of brain ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are ∼22-nucleotide regulatory RNAs derived from endogenous transcripts containing inverted repeats. Their predominant function is to repress the activity of cellular target ...

MicroRNAs Are More Plentiful and More Subtle In Action Than Was Once Suspected One of the unexpected findings of the Human Genome Project was that over 98% of the human genome does not encode for ...

A novel angiogenic microRNA drug can be a new option for the treatment of ischemic cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. In the study, the researchers describe a novel nuclear acting ...

Cancer is characterized by cells that divide and grow uncontrollably, creating tumors. Researchers have shown that a new cancer therapy, which was tested in mice, can slow or stop the division of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Andrea Kasinski, an assistant professor of biology in Purdue University’s College of Science, has been awarded grants to improve microRNA therapeutics for cancer by the American ...

In a new study published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chen-Yu Zhang's group at Nanjing University reports photo-clickable miRNAs as probes for intracellular target identification of ...

Researchers have found that levels of methylated microRNA were significantly higher in tissue and serum from cancer patients compared with that from normal controls. Specifically, methylation levels ...

BOULDER, Colo. -- May 19, 2008 - Miragen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of breakthrough therapies for cardiovascular and muscle disease based ...

A breakthrough study published in npj Aging just introduced a refreshing alternative: a urinary microRNA aging clock. By ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper is devoted to an examination of the discovery, characterization, and analysis of the functions of microRNAs, which also serves as a ...