I’m going on record: Life first happened when an RNA fucked a metabolism.
February 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’m going on record: Life first happened when an RNA fucked a metabolism.
It’s an RNA world. RNA is posited to be the first genetic material, arising 4 billion years ago. It can store information and act as an enzyme. Eventually, it duplicated its information into a more stable form, DNA.
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It’s an RNA world. RNA is posited to be the first genetic material, arising 4 billion years ago. It can store information and act as an enzyme. Eventually, it duplicated its information into a more stable form, DNA.
By the way, folks. RNA vaccines ROCK!!
December 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
By the way, folks. RNA vaccines ROCK!!
www.extremetech.com/science/scie...
So, with viable RNA scientists are one step closer to bringing back the Wooly Mammoth
So, with viable RNA scientists are one step closer to bringing back the Wooly Mammoth
Scientists Successfully Extract 40,000-Year-Old RNA From Woolly Mammoth
The ancient pachyderm was preserved in permafrost, providing the most intact RNA ever studied.
www.extremetech.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
www.extremetech.com/science/scie...
So, with viable RNA scientists are one step closer to bringing back the Wooly Mammoth
So, with viable RNA scientists are one step closer to bringing back the Wooly Mammoth
Scientists have discovered how to attach bioluminescence to a key piece of cellular machinery.
In today's episode, how “RNA lanterns” could help us understand how viruses and memories work.
Listen here🎧:
https://buff.ly/4aSeV8I
In today's episode, how “RNA lanterns” could help us understand how viruses and memories work.
Listen here🎧:
https://buff.ly/4aSeV8I
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Scientists have discovered how to attach bioluminescence to a key piece of cellular machinery.
In today's episode, how “RNA lanterns” could help us understand how viruses and memories work.
Listen here🎧:
https://buff.ly/4aSeV8I
In today's episode, how “RNA lanterns” could help us understand how viruses and memories work.
Listen here🎧:
https://buff.ly/4aSeV8I
'Unlike typical gene therapy, which alters a person’s genes to treat a genetic disease, antisense oligonucleotide [RNA] therapy, uses short strands of genetic material to target RNA produced by the gene and reduce how much protein is made.'
Looking for good news. Advances in RNA science & med.
Looking for good news. Advances in RNA science & med.
First for RNA therapy: man with rare motor-neuron disease improves after treatment
Gene-targeting treatments could be used to treat other people with rare forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
www.nature.com
September 19, 2026 at 9:48 AM
'Unlike typical gene therapy, which alters a person’s genes to treat a genetic disease, antisense oligonucleotide [RNA] therapy, uses short strands of genetic material to target RNA produced by the gene and reduce how much protein is made.'
Looking for good news. Advances in RNA science & med.
Looking for good news. Advances in RNA science & med.
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and UConn Health have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually SHUT DOWN cancer growth signals and STOP tumor growth at the RNA LEVEL. The discovery could pave the way for a groundbreaking RNA-based multi-cancer treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and UConn Health have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually SHUT DOWN cancer growth signals and STOP tumor growth at the RNA LEVEL. The discovery could pave the way for a groundbreaking RNA-based multi-cancer treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: TWO Australian Scientists, Stacey Edwards & Juliet French, Have Discovered Cancer-Fighting RNA Molecules That Could Lead to a New Generation of Breast Cancer Treatments
August 25, 2026 at 12:45 PM
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: TWO Australian Scientists, Stacey Edwards & Juliet French, Have Discovered Cancer-Fighting RNA Molecules That Could Lead to a New Generation of Breast Cancer Treatments
DNA: TTTTTTTTTTTTT
RNA:
RNA:
September 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
DNA: TTTTTTTTTTTTT
RNA:
RNA:
was working on RNA cancer therapies as recently as 2023
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
was working on RNA cancer therapies as recently as 2023
RNA based life thinking of the future:
low key what is a peptide
April 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
RNA based life thinking of the future:
RNA can build. A short RNA self-assembles into a 60-subunit icosahedral cage like a viral capsid, but made entirely of RNA. The striking preprint also reveals a 57-nt RNA filament at ~2.7 Å. Congratulations, Lin Huang and colleagues!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
July 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
RNA can build. A short RNA self-assembles into a 60-subunit icosahedral cage like a viral capsid, but made entirely of RNA. The striking preprint also reveals a 57-nt RNA filament at ~2.7 Å. Congratulations, Lin Huang and colleagues!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
RNA im Labor: stabil, wie eine Schneeflocke im Backofen.
Auch RNA:
Auch RNA:
39,000-Year-Old Mammoth RNA Is the Oldest Ever Found and Sequenced
RNA from one of the best-preserved woolly mammoths broke the record for oldest RNA ever found, pushing the limit of how long these famously labile molecules can last.
www.the-scientist.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
RNA im Labor: stabil, wie eine Schneeflocke im Backofen.
Auch RNA:
Auch RNA:
How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller?
Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand
The emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but their large size and structural ...
www.science.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller?
Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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Are there key discoveries made with spatial RNA seq? Or what are your favorite spatial rna seq papers?
Pls reski!
Pls reski!
September 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Are there key discoveries made with spatial RNA seq? Or what are your favorite spatial rna seq papers?
Pls reski!
Pls reski!
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cool new work from Jenn Prescher and coworkers @ucirvine.bsky.social, “RNA lantern” technology for bioluminescence imaging of RNA transcripts
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A modular platform for bioluminescent RNA tracking - Nature Communications
Studying RNA dynamics in vivo often relies on fluorogenic approaches, but these can be hampered by factors such as limited sensitivity and sample autofluorescence. Here, the authors describe an ultras...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Cool new work from Jenn Prescher and coworkers @ucirvine.bsky.social, “RNA lantern” technology for bioluminescence imaging of RNA transcripts
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spoken like someone who has never taken a biology class in their life
August 20, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Spoken like someone who has never taken a biology class in their life
Out now in Science: Two papers from our lab reveal VIPR, an RNA-guided DNA-targeting system in bacteriophages, providing clues to the origins of CRISPR
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congrats to Peter Yoon, @kenjmloi.bsky.social @terryzzy.bsky.social, T.Docter & team
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congrats to Peter Yoon, @kenjmloi.bsky.social @terryzzy.bsky.social, T.Docter & team
A noncontiguous code for RNA-guided DNA recognition at the origin of CRISPR-Cas
CRISPR-Cas provides RNA-mediated adaptive immunity, but how its first RNA-guided effector arose is unclear. In this study, we report the discovery of Viral Interference Programmable Repeat (VIPR) syst...
www.science.org
September 19, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Out now in Science: Two papers from our lab reveal VIPR, an RNA-guided DNA-targeting system in bacteriophages, providing clues to the origins of CRISPR
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congrats to Peter Yoon, @kenjmloi.bsky.social @terryzzy.bsky.social, T.Docter & team
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congrats to Peter Yoon, @kenjmloi.bsky.social @terryzzy.bsky.social, T.Docter & team
🚨 Update for #RNA science fans:
I checked on #Bsky registry, and here is a 'condensate' (😆) of all #RNA #RNAsky starter packs so far:
1. General RNA biology #1
go.bsky.app/RN6HnZp
I checked on #Bsky registry, and here is a 'condensate' (😆) of all #RNA #RNAsky starter packs so far:
1. General RNA biology #1
go.bsky.app/RN6HnZp
November 21, 2024 at 8:08 AM
🚨 Update for #RNA science fans:
I checked on #Bsky registry, and here is a 'condensate' (😆) of all #RNA #RNAsky starter packs so far:
1. General RNA biology #1
go.bsky.app/RN6HnZp
I checked on #Bsky registry, and here is a 'condensate' (😆) of all #RNA #RNAsky starter packs so far:
1. General RNA biology #1
go.bsky.app/RN6HnZp