Picobirnaviruses (PBVs) are a group of small, double-stranded RNA viruses that have garnered attention since their discovery in 1988. Initially thought to infect animals and potentially cause ...

Akribion Therapeutics emerges from stealth with €8 million in seed funding to develop a novel cancer RNA-guided approach ...

Plant viruses are often able to spread from one ... and then into proteins. Sometimes, double-stranded RNA is cut into smaller fragments called small interfering RNA, or siRNA.

Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54263-5 Viruses propagate throughout the body by infecting cells with their RNA, and if scientists can tag that viral RNA with the ...

How do cells detect non-self double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) molecules? Several 'sensors' of RNA, including Toll-like ... inhibits the replication of diverse viruses, including the invading pathogen.

One of the most prevalent forms of sialic acids is Neu5Ac, which serves as a receptor for some viruses like influenza and as an ... which usually cuts double-stranded RNA, cleaves at a single-stranded ...

and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. DNA is a complex molecule that consists of two strands coiled around each other to form a double helix structure. Comparison of a ...

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases. (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) The most common type of base pairing is the Watson-Crick base ...

One of the most prevalent forms of sialic acids is Neu5Ac, which serves as a receptor for some viruses like influenza ... which usually cuts double-stranded RNA, cleaves at a single-stranded ...