This valuable report describes the changing antiviral activity of IFIT1 across mammals and in response to distinct viruses, likely as a result of past arms races. One of the main strengths of the ...

Researchers hope to plan clinical trials of 5-fluorouracil with drugs that would enhance its RNA-damaging effects and kill ...

Scientists have now discovered why a genetic mutation in a gene called TET2 is often implicated in disorders including ...

The prize was awarded for the discovery of microRNA and “its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.” MicroRNA plays an ...

Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene function that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, plays a pivotal role ...

Live Science spoke with Nobel laureate Dr. Drew Weissman and engineer Daeyeon Lee about a new RNA research center they're ...

Doctors have long believed the cancer drug 5-fluorouracil works by damaging the building blocks of DNA, but researchers have now found that in certain cancers, it kills cells by interfering with RNA ...

Learn how cancer tissue biobanks and insights into solid tumor heterogeneity are transforming drug discovery and leading to ...

Study reveals the drug, 5-fluorouracil, acts differently in different types of cancer — a finding that could help researchers design better drug combinations.

U.S. scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for the discovery of microRNA ...

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the Nobel Prize for their research on microRNA.