How did you start thinking about this fundamental question at the heart of the discovery of microRNA, about how cells get the instructions to do what they do? It was well understood that proteins ...

A new study shows that a very small molecule called microRNA-132 can have a significant impact on different brain cells and may play a role in Alzheimer's disease. A new study from the Netherlands ...

After years of type 2 diabetes, red blood cells may quietly turn against the heart—offering a new clue for spotting danger ...

New Delhi: American developmental biologist Victor R. Ambros and fellow molecular biologist Gary Bruce Ruvkun were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Monday. They won the award for ...

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 ...

Cardiac fibrosis involves an increase of connective tissue in the cardiac muscle, causing a loss of function. A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered that ...

O, that these too too solid tissue samples were free of cross-linked, fragmented, and otherwise degraded RNA. Or that tissue RNA analysis techniques were better at coping with miniscule samples or ...

Heredity plays a role in how strongly we are predisposed to put on excess weight. In recent years, researchers have extensively examined which genes and gene variants play a role in this, and have ...

Victor Ambros receives funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The Conversation Weekly podcast caught up with Victor Ambros from his lab at the UMass Chan Medical School to learn more ...