How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins? The process of translation can be seen as the decoding of instructions for making proteins, involving mRNA in transcription as well as tRNA. But ...

Transcription and translation are processes a cell uses to make all proteins the body needs to function from information stored in the sequence of bases in DNA. The four bases (C, A, T/U, and G in the ...

You probably know about DNA. It’s the molecule that contains all of your genes spelled out in a four-letter code – A, C, G and T. Messenger RNA carries genetic information from DNA in the highly ...

DNA can’t directly build proteins—it needs a translator. This is where mRNA comes in—single-stranded RNA uses DNA as a ...

MRNA is an important messenger, carrying the instructions for life from DNA to the rest of the cell. ktsimage/iStock via Getty Images Plus Here’s a crash course in just what mRNA is and the important ...

Archa Fox receives funding from The Australian Research Council and the NHMRC. She is The Chair of the RNA Network of Australia and on the Board of Directors for the RNA Society (2020/2021) Traude ...

Penny Riggs has received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture and the National Science Foundation. DNA is found inside the cells of ...

Vaccines that use mRNA technology are not gene therapy because they do not alter your genes, experts have told Reuters after contrary claims were posted online. Thousands of social media users have ...

For decades, vaccine researchers have been enchanted and frustrated with the promise of messenger RNA. The tiny snippets of genetic code are essential in telling cells to build proteins, a basic part ...