2024 Nobel Prize Winners: The Physiological Society congratulates Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun on being awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It was announced today that Professors Ambros and Ruvkun have been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. Responding to the […]
A novel angiogenic microRNA drug can be a new option for the treatment of ischemic cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE by researchers from the University of Eastern Finland together with international collaborators. In the study, the researchers describe a novel nuclear acting microRNA. MicroRNAs are small RNA molecules, which […]
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New research on why ‘poo’ transplants effectively treat C. difficile could lead to more treatments for similar conditions Experts have uncovered a new molecular reason why faecal transplants are highly effective in treating infections such as C. difficile (a nasty bacteria that can infect the bowel), which could lead to more targeted treatments for this […]
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