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In close collaboration, scientists from the groups of Rafal Ciosk and Helge Grosshans, and the protein structure and computational biology platforms, elucidated the RNA binding rules of LIN41, an important developmental regulator of the self-renewal versus differentiation decision....

A special issue of Chemical Reviews on the topic "RNA: From single molecules to medicine" was yesterday published online. The NCCR RNA & Disease group of Mariusz Nowacki contributed to the article entitled "From "Cellular" RNA to "Smart" RNA: Multiple Roles of RNA in Genome Stability and Beyond".

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Press Release / Medienmitteilung Universität Bern
Researchers keep discovering new functions of small RNAs. For instance, they can be used as a defense mechanism against viruses or self-replicating genome invaders. These tiny pieces of RNA are often produced by a cleavage of long precursors by so...

Press Release / Medienmitteilung Universität Zürich
UZH scientist Raffaella Santoro has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow her to pursue her molecular biology research project for another five years. Santoro is investigating the organization of...

Press Release / Medienmitteilung Universität Basel
A new method enables genes in living T-cells in mice to be modified quickly and efficiently. It makes use of plasmids, a tried-and-tested method of genetic engineering. Researchers from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and...