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MicroRNAs

Small players in big diseases

Small molecules called miRNAs play a key role in development. miRNAs have been the focus of new research owing to the discovery that they play a role in cancer and other diseases. RNA biologist Sheila Graham explains what microRNAs are, what they do and how they might be used as therapies for disease

A dividing cancer cell

MicroRNA Development Cancer Gene therapy

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid present in all cells. It is similar in structure to DNA but while DNA occurs as a fairly rigid double helix, RNA is a flexible molecule that can form both simple and intricate shapes and structures.

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