BioTechniques

Lights, camera, action: molecular film captures an RNA molecule building itself

Researchers have used cryo-EM and computational tools to visualize ribozyme assembly, shedding light on life's most versatile ...

RNA in action: Filming ribozyme self-assembly

RNA is a central biological macromolecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA function ...
Purdue University

Purdue researchers advance RNA medical discovery decades ahead of schedule

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ribonucleic acid, commonly known as RNA, is involved in many biological functions, and some, including gene silencing, are utilitized to cure diseases. RNA has recently gained ...
CNN

Scientists recover RNA from an extinct species for the first time

Geneticists have for the first time isolated and decoded RNA molecules from a creature that died out long ago. The genetic material — which came from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, ...
CNN

Oldest sequenced RNA reveals details about a mammoth’s final moments 40,000 years ago

Scientists have recovered ancient molecules of RNA from a juvenile mammoth named Yuka, who died 40,000 years ago in what is now Siberia. These biological remnants are providing insight into the last ...
New Scientist

Oldest ever RNA sample recovered from woolly mammoth

A woolly mammoth that was frozen in the Siberian permafrost for nearly 40,000 years has yielded the world’s oldest RNA. The specimen, found in 2010 and nicknamed Yuka, is regarded as the ...