This morning it was announced that two American scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their 1998 discovery of a hidden network of genes. It may seem odd that a network of genes ...

RNA interference (RNAi) is a fundamental cellular mechanism that regulates gene expression by inducing sequence-specific mRNA degradation. Researchers could utilize the RNAi as a powerful tool to ...

RNA interference, or RNAi, is all the rage these days. According to the Web of Science database (ISI, Philadelphia), the number of articles on the topic jumped from nine in 1998 to 229 in 2002. Why ...

Scientists have found a way of treating potentially fatal diseases by switching off harmful genes. In what is described as one of the most important breakthroughs in decades, researchers have shown ...

Researchers have developed a gene therapy that significantly slowed motor function loss in preclinical models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), offering new hope for treating the devastating ...

Scientists have launched a major international initiative to systematically uncover the function of each of our genes. They hope it will provide vital information about how cancer disrupts the normal ...

Two US scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for their pioneering work in genetics. The work of Dr Andrew Fire and Dr Craig Mello could lead to new treatments for a range of ...

Scientists have altered the genes of the animals colloquially known as daddy long legs and turned them into 'daddy short legs.' Utilizing RNA interference, researchers at the University of Wisconsin ...

Researchers have demonstrated that they can nearly eliminate production of infectious prion proteins in livestock by using an approach based on RNA interference. The technique could enable scientists ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some things are just plain wrong: taxi drivers who try to come in with you; perfume for newborns; using a hot ...