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ribonucleic acid - (Abbreviation: RNA). An organic acid polymer composed of adenosine, guanosine, cytidine and uridine ribonucleotides. The genetic material of some viruses, but more generally is the molecule, derived from DNA by transcription, that either carries information (messenger RNA), provides sub-cellular structure (ribosomal RNA), transports amino acids (transfer RNA), or facilitates the biochemical modification of itself or other RNA molecules.[FAO]

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DABUR ONCQUEST TO OPEN CENTRES IN INDIA AND ABROAD (which will ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),DOQ develops new molecules and technologies for cancer treatment and testing, and has introduced new techniques to evaluate structures of ribonucleic acid

Indonesia again sends bird flu virus specimen to WHO lab  -  Aug 20, 2007
Jakarta Post,...said the complete results of the sequencing of the Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) of the specimen would be obtained in the next two or three weeks.

BUYINS.NET: CHFC, CYTR, DXPE, EFSC, ELON, HERO Have Also Been ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Insurance News Net,In addition, the company develops therapeutic products based upon ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technologies for the treatment of human diseases,

Leading the way in the fight against hospital superbugs  -  Aug 17, 2007
Free press releases (press release),...to its ability to penetrate and destroy the target cell’s ribonucleic acid (RNA); rendering it unable to reproduce and preventing its ability to spread.

DTRA Researching Hemorrhagic Fever Anti-Viral Compounds  -  Aug 19, 2007
Defense Industry Daily,...on the Development of Broad-Spectrum Host-Directed Ribonucleic Acid Interference Therapeutics for Ebola Virus and Other Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses.

Biological Marker For Narcolepsy Identified  -  Aug 5, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Susumu Tanaka, PhD, of the Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry in Japan, conducted the study from a pool of total ribonucleic acid (RNA) -- a nucleic acid polymer

Researchers Find Key To Messenger RNA Control  -  Jul 27, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, is a single-stranded nucleic acid similar to the familiar double-stranded DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid.

Silence mute on rumours  -  Aug 10, 2007
Growthcompany.co.uk (subscription),Drug giant AstraZeneca holds nearly three per cent of Silence, a leading specialist in RNA (ribonucleic acid) interference, which can repress genes linked

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY  -  Aug 9, 2007
The Tribune,The silencing of the defective gene is achieved by injecting in diseased cells, the short pieces of double stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) which is a close

Genetics Topic of Conference at UNBC  -  Jul 30, 2007
Opinion250 News,The centre of attention will be work that has been or will be done on ribonucleic acid (RNA), which carries the genetic information found in DNA to carry

West Nile virus grew more lethal in 90s  -  Aug 13, 2007
OCRegister,...is a small mutation in a gene that makes a protein, called helicase, that unwinds RNA, or ribonucleic acid, a molecule that carries genetic messages.

RNAi Stirs Excitement In Big Pharma  -  Jul 27, 2007
CNNMoney.comMost people refer to the science as RNAi, which stands for ribonucleic acid interference. Interfering with RNA turns off the protein production.

Defense Dept. Contracts for August 13, 2007  -  Aug 14, 2007
All American Patriots (press release),8, 2007, a $10856721 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Research on the Development of Broad-Spectrum Host-Directed Ribonucleic Acid Interference Therapeutics

Mello promotes RNAi research  -  Aug 9, 2007
Worcester Telegram,RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is a genetic component of living cells. RNAi is a mechanism that can silence DNA, the genetic code in cells.

Why Europe may soon split along religious lines  -  Aug 1, 2007
Spectator.co.uk (subscription),...is EU-speak for bans on new medical areas such as embryonic stem cell research, gene therapy and even the latest breakthrough, RNA (ribonucleic acid).

Burrill Reports Biotech Hit By Market Jitters in July  -  Aug 1, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),The deal gives the Swiss pharma access to Alnylam's technology platform for developing treatments based on ribonucleic acid-mediated interference.

Mello invited to State House  -  Jul 25, 2007
Shrewsbury Chronicle,...along with his colleague Andrew Fire of Stanford University for discovering a technique to silence targeted genes using a form of ribonucleic acid.

Experts Discuss Latest Drugs And Treatment To Stop HIV Replication  -  Jul 24, 2007
Medical News Today,Rossi and colleagues working at his lab have found three small pieces of RNA, ribonucleic acid, that behave like gene inhibitors that stop HIV from

Discovery Impacts On Treatment Of Viral Infections  -  Jul 23, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...(RNA stands for ribonucleic acid and is a type of enzyme that is involved in phosphorylation, the transfer of phosphates from donor molecules to target

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