New Tool Reads DNA and RNA in a Single Cell, Unlocking Secrets of Disease

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...
University at Buffalo

UB biophysicist to dive deeper into protein-RNA droplets with $2.1 million NIH grant

A $2.1M NIH grant will allow Priya R. Banerjee to continue research on biomolecular condensates and their role in cancer and ...
Fierce Biotech

Combining DNA, RNA testing helps identify blood cancer patients at increased risk of early relapse

“Our findings show that RNA-based testing can uncover hidden risks in multiple myeloma that DNA tests alone miss,” study ...
News Medical

ARPA-H funding boosts Wyss Institute's RNA therapeutic project

With the award for up to $27 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a collaborative research project at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at ...
GEN

Epitranscriptomics: A New Frontier in RNA Epigenetics 25 Years After the Human Genome Project

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the Human Genome Project, a monumental scientific achievement that has transformed healthcare and laid the foundation for modern genomics.
Scientific American

Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome

Thomas Gingeras did not intend to upend basic ideas about how the human body works. In 2012 the geneticist, now at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, was one of a few hundred colleagues ...