About RNA - Center for RNA Biomedicine RNA, or ribonucleic acid, represents a major determinant of cellular life The promise of the ~$3-billion human genome project around the turn of the millennium was to pave the way for the genetically personalized medical treatment of so far intractable human diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s
What is RNA? - RNA Society In a number of clinically important viruses RNA, rather than DNA, carries the viral genetic information RNA also plays an important role in regulating cellular processes–from cell division, differentiation and growth to cell aging and death
RNA - Latest research and news | Nature RNA is generally single-stranded, as DNA is transcribed by RNA polymerases into mRNA (messenger RNA), which is read by ribosomes to generate protein (translation)