Blocking a small RNA molecule called miR-140-3b can improve motor function in a mouse model of SMA, a study suggests.

Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial role in the hearing process. Loss of otoferlin or impairment of its function ...

Abnormal expression and function of microRNA-203 have been linked to various autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. In a new study, researchers investigated microRNA-203 as ...

1 Central Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, China 2 Department of Hepatobiliary and pancreatic, Cancer Hospital of Dalian ...

Two Massachusetts scientists have been recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their role in the discovery of microRNA — key to the understanding of gene regulation and potential ...

American professors Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny pieces of genetic material that alter how genes work at the cellular level and could lead to ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Massachusetts scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches ...

A panel that awarded the prize said Monday the work by Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun is "proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function." Two scientists won the ...