Perhaps, simple replicating RNA molecules, existing before the first cell formed, developed the ability to infect the first cells. Could today's single-stranded RNA viruses be descendants of these ...

RNA is the molecule that reads the genetic information stored in DNA. It's critical for the proper functioning of cells, and in a new study scientists have discovered a way of tagging RNA with a ...

A doctor has explained how to avoid a virus which has caused alarm, after a huge outbreak in China. A recent outbreak of the ...

In fact, a new study by the Tuschl laboratory introduces a proof-of-concept for a novel class of antivirals that would target a type of enzyme essential not just to SARS, but also many RNA viruses, ...

It is a bundle of DNA or RNA bound up in a minuscule core ... “There were features of the virus that made developing a vaccine relatively easy. The next pandemic may not be like that. It’s not going ...

Additionally, the researchers found that flu virus RNA - molecules that carry genetic information but are not considered a health risk - remained detectable in the raw milk for at least 57 days. By ...

The researchers also found that RNA segments in the Z conformation (Z-RNA) in the virus's genome were driving the Nsp13-mediated cell death activation. Since bats express host RHIM proteins ...

Fortunately, advances in enzyme-based, probe-free rRNA depletion technology have brought about a simple tool that is ... on understanding enigmatic RNA viruses that infect the crop without causing ...