RNA-based medicines are one of the most promising ways to fight human disease, as demonstrated by the recent successes of RNA ...

RNA-based medicines are one of the most promising ways to fight human disease, as demonstrated by the recent successes of RNA ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...