microRNA, cell & molecular biology

From his student days in veterinary medicine in Ethiopia to running a lab on metastasis at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Debeb has a passion for understanding how living things work.

Weill Cornell Medicine geneticist Christopher Mason speaks with The Scientist about a bolus of new work on the physiological, cellular, and molecular effects of leaving Earth.

Our guide to all known forms of RNA, from cis-NAT to vault RNA and everything in between.

Cellular blebs shed by tumor cells can process short stretches of RNA that go on to induce tumor formation in neighboring cells.

In mice, adult cone cell outer segments and their visual functions deteriorate if two microRNAs are not present.

Remarkable findings of ingested plant miRNA in animal liver and blood draw speculation about the study’s validity.

Using RNA viruses to silence genes could optimize tissue targeting while reducing toxicity.

A group of microRNAs can inhibit the formation of induced pluripotent stem cells, and may provide a target for more efficient reprogramming of somatic cells.

MicroRNAs from plants accumulate in mammalian blood and tissues, where they can regulate gene expression.