Since 2020 brought us four new publications on micro-RNA's (miRNA), I thought I'd start a thread to collect together the various discussions on micro-RNA's.
Hopefully this will aid in the comparison of studies. Please feel free to add more studies or discussions as needed.
The basics of Micro-RNA's:
Hopefully this will aid in the comparison of studies. Please feel free to add more studies or discussions as needed.
The basics of Micro-RNA's:
- Normally, the cell makes messenger RNA (mRNA) which then makes proteins for the cell.
- But sometimes, the cell makes micro-RNA (miRNA) which blocks the mRNA from making the proteins.
- We don't fully understand why the cell makes miRNA to block its own mRNA, but it's probably just another way that the cell fine-tunes the production of proteins.
- The cell can also "share" its micro-RNA (miRNA) with neighboring cells, in order to block neighboring cells from making certain proteins.
- Researchers are trying to see if specific micro-RNAs (miRNA) are correlated with specific diagnoses. If they are, the correlation might lead to a diagnostic test for that diagnosis.
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