The mystery of the origins of introns solved
UCSC scientists point to introners as the source of the vast majority of introns, a…
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Transcriptional recording method, Record-seq wins Young Scientist grand prize
For his work in developing Record-seq, a breakthrough technology that records the activities of microbiota…
Researchers established a framework to streamline single-cell RNA-seq analysis of the heterogeneous tumor microenvironment
With development of many effective approaches to fighting cancer, the focus becomes less about finding…
Researchers use RNA-Seq to discover behavior of immunity genes leading to worse COVID outcomes for men
Why do men have worse outcomes than women from COVID-19? A new study suggests it’s…
New statistical method improves RNA-Seq analyses
A new statistical method provides a more efficient way to uncover biologically meaningful changes in…
RNA sequencing unlocks pattern of gene activity for ADHD
New study uses postmortem brain tissues to understand genomic differences in individuals with attention deficit…
First use of transcriptomics as a blood test to measure RNA levels in patients with long-term Lyme disease
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified…
New methods maps how breast cancer spreads
New technology can trace which populations of breast cancer cells are responsible for the spread…
Covid virus alters RNA in infected cells
For the first time, scientists at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil…
The untapped potential of RNA structures
The human genome has just over 20,000 genes coding for proteins. Yet, it produces at…