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How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals ...
Valued at $13 billion by market cap, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) operates as a clinical-stage ...
New messenger RNA vaccines to fight the coronavirus are based on a technology that could transform medicine. Next up: sickle cell and HIV. On December 23, as part of a publicity push to encourage ...
New insights into how molecular changes in neurons impact brain development and disorders like autism and schizophrenia.
To build proteins, cells rely on a molecule called transfer RNA, or tRNA. tRNAs act like protein-building couriers, where ...
In the spotlight for its role in COVID-19 vaccines – and a Nobel Prize – mRNA is not a new invention. It’s a crucial messenger molecule at work every day in every cell in your body.
The biotechnology company’s messenger RNA flu vaccine candidate showed positive results in a late-stage trial.
The COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer are, in many ways, modern miracles. As you know by now, they were developed using technology called messenger RNA, or mRNA, which basically gives the ...
Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a subtype of RNA. An mRNA molecule carries a portion of the DNA code to other parts of the cell for processing. mRNA is created during transcription.