RNA
noun
: any of various nucleic acids that contain ribose and uracil as structural components and are associated with the control of cellular chemical activities compare messenger rna, ribosomal rna, transfer rna
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Currently there are three companies looking at the DNA and RNA treatment for GSD1a, according to Dr. Rebecca Riba-Wolman, a pediatric endocrinologist and a physician scientist at both Connecticut Children’s Research Institute and UConn Health, who is leading the clinical trial.
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Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Their genetic material is packaged on eight segments of RNA that can easily get swapped around into new arrangements when two different flu viruses infect the same animal.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
Cells are almost always creating, touching, manipulating or otherwise handling RNA in one form or another.
—Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 14 July 2025
Of the more than 27,000 guano samples analyzed, just over 1% tested positive for avian influenza RNA.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Their genetic material is packaged on eight segments of RNA that can easily get swapped around into new arrangements when two different flu viruses infect the same animal.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
Cells are almost always creating, touching, manipulating or otherwise handling RNA in one form or another.
—Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 14 July 2025
Of the more than 27,000 guano samples analyzed, just over 1% tested positive for avian influenza RNA.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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RNA
noun
: any of various nucleic acids that are typically found in the cytoplasm of cells, are usually composed of a single chain of nucleotides, differ from DNA in containing ribose as the five-carbon sugar instead of deoxyribose, and that function mostly in protein synthesis
called also ribonucleic acid
compare messenger rna, ribosomal rna, transfer rnaMedical Definition
RNA
noun
: any of various nucleic acids that contain ribose and uracil as structural components and are associated with the control of cellular chemical activities
called also ribonucleic acid
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