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Non-coding RNA mutations unveiled as new cause of retinitis pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic eye disorder affecting around one in 5,000 people worldwide. It typically begins with ...
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RNA-targeting CRISPR reveals that hundreds of noncoding RNAs are essential—not 'junk'

Genes contain instructions for making proteins, and a central dogma of biology is that this information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins. But only two percent of the human genome actually encodes ...
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Scientists discover new forms of life inside human bodies that don’t match anything biology has classified

A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular ...