Biologists mapping the human body have long assumed that every major kind of microscopic life inside us already had a place on the tree of life. The discovery of strange RNA-based entities called ...

* Obelisks are <1 kb RNA replicators with protein-coding genes and ribozymes * Found in 50% of oral and 7% of gut microbiomes, indicating widespread presence * Their impact on //human health remains ...

Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for enteroviruses ...

The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures. Specifically, the same RNA molecule can switch between ON and OFF structures, ...

Our results demonstrate that differential connectivity analysis reveals significant transcriptional alterations that are not ...

A new research paper featured as the cover of Volume 17, Issue 12 of Aging-US was published on December 22, 2025, titled “A ...

Researchers analyzed gene expression and network connectivity across eight human tissues and found shared aging-related ...

Programmable nucleic acid nanoparticles boost vaccine immune responses as effectively as standard adjuvants in mice while ...