How do immune cells strike a balance, unleashing rapid attacks against pathogens or cancer, while avoiding damage to healthy cells? Research into an immune kill switch holds potential for controlling ...

Penn researchers are developing new ways to use mRNA technology to treat a range of diseases, including celiac disease and cancer. mRNA research involves introducing molecules to human cells to ...

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Published, peer-reviewed research shows a patent-pending, virus-mimicking platform technology developed at Purdue University ...

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have discovered a process that breaks down mRNA molecules in the human body particularly efficiently. This could be useful, for example, in the treatment of ...

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How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins? The process of translation can be seen as the decoding of instructions for making proteins, involving mRNA in transcription as well as tRNA. But ...