A research team based at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has identified 80 new genes essential to the process of RNA interference (RNAi), a powerful new research tool for inactivating genes in ...

Ten years ago, researchers obtained the first crystal structure of Dicer, a key enzyme in a biological process called RNA interference (RNAi). In RNAi, a process also known as gene silencing, a short ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism related to RNAi that scans for intruders not by recognizing dsRNA or some other aberrant feature of the foreign sequence, but rather by comparing the foreign ...

Cells utilize RNA interference (RNAi) to regulate protein expression in many contexts. The discovery of RNAi has transformed our understanding of gene regulation as well as our ability to manipulate ...

RNAi may be a great way to help weaken cancer cells before radiation therapy delivers the killing blow. Emory University scientists used modified lentiviruses to conceal RNA molecules and sneak them ...

Farmers sow. Plants grow. Insects eat. Plant pests have been a fundamental challenge to farming since the beginning. Farmers have used a variety of methods for thousands of years to control the pests.