RNA 'editing' process offers new clues to why some animals live longer

A collaborative study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, and University of Southern California reports ...
EurekAlert!

CU School of Medicine researcher makes key finding related to pre-mRNA splicing

AURORA, Colo. (Sept. 4, 2019) - A new study led by scientists from the University of Colorado School of Medicine offers insight into the mechanism of a key cellular process. The study focuses on the ...
The Scientist

All About Alternative Splicing

This article was review by Thomas Cooper, MD from Baylor College of Medicine. Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Located throughout the pre-mRNA are short, cis-acting ...
The Scientist

RNA Pioneer Christine Guthrie Dies at 77

Christine Guthrie, a molecular geneticist whose studies of eukaryotic RNA yielded crucial insights into the workings of pre-mRNA splicing, the process by which introns are removed to produce mature ...
JSTOR Daily

Genome-wide discovery of natural variation in pre-mRNA splicing and prioritising causal alternative splicing to salt stress response in rice

• Pre-mRNA splicing is an essential step for the regulation of gene expression. In order to specifically capture splicing variants in plants for genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we developed a ...
BioWorld

Vigeneron’s mRNA trans-splicing gene therapy for Stargardt disease receives IND clearance

Vigeneron GmbH has received IND approval from the FDA for VG-801, a novel mRNA trans-splicing gene therapy to treat Stargardt disease and other retinal dystrophies associated with mutations in the ...