A long-overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...

The non-coding genome, once dismissed as "junk DNA", is now recognized as a fundamental regulator of gene expression and a key player in understanding complex diseases. Following the landmark ...

RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved post-transcriptional gene regulatory pathway whereby short non-coding RNAs guide silencing complexes to complementary messenger RNAs, resulting in translational ...

Researchers from A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a new method to study individual RNA ...

Scientists uncover gene tied to autism's hallmark behaviors A global research team led by The Hospital for Sick Children has identified PTCHD1-AS, a long non-coding RNA gene on the X chromosome, as ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that a specific long non-coding RNA activates oncogenic signaling pathways in prostate cancer cells and drives tumor progression, underscoring its ...

Plant molecular evolution offers key insights into how coding and regulatory changes shape the diversity of form and function across the plant kingdom. The ...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) are a type of RNA molecule that do not carry instructions to make proteins. Instead, they influence how other genes are expressed. There are tens of thousands of lncRNAs ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden announced the honor today. Victor R. Ambros, PhD, and Gary ...