Can ‘listening in’ on cells speed up disease diagnosis?

A new device that "listens in" on cell conversations could lead to quicker, minimally invasive diagnoses for cancer and other diseases.

Brett Beasley-Notre Dame • futurity
Oct. 24, 2023 ~7 min

Team solves part of insulin synthesis mystery

Until now, researchers have not known much about the first steps of insulin synthesis, but a new study solves part of the mystery.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
July 26, 2023 ~5 min


Ancient viruses left bits of RNA in coral symbiont DNA

Marine biologists have discovered the remnants of ancient RNA viruses embedded in the DNA of symbiotic organisms living inside reef-building corals.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
June 5, 2023 ~7 min

COVID test identifies variants with 100% accuracy

A new COVID-19 test detects and identifies specific SARS-CoV-2 variants with 100% accuracy, researchers say.

Pat Harriman-UC Irvine • futurity
Aug. 8, 2022 ~4 min

Can Tylenol in wastewater help track COVID-19?

At a wastewater treatment plant near Buffalo, NY, acetaminophen levels in wastewater spiked about two weeks before levels of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater.

Charlotte Hsu-Buffalo • futurity
June 30, 2022 ~6 min

‘Bubbler’ breathalyzer could improve SARS-CoV-2 testing

Researchers have developed a unique method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in breath samples using viral RNA detection. They call the breathalyzer "the Bubbler."

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Dec. 15, 2021 ~7 min

RNA tweak leads to 50% more food from crops

Just a little tweak to RNA could create crops that not only are more drought tolerant, but grow 50% more food.

Louise Lerner-Chicago • futurity
July 23, 2021 ~9 min

SARS-CoV-2 ‘frameshifting’ could be a critical weakness

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, relies on a process for replication called frameshifting. Now, researchers say they can inhibit the mechanism.

ETH Zurich • futurity
May 24, 2021 ~7 min


Potential drug could ‘jam’ hand, foot, and mouth disease

Targeting RNA with small molecules could pave the way for new antivirals, in particular a drug for hand, foot, and mouth disease.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
Sept. 24, 2020 ~6 min

Team creates vesicles without any lipids

Scientists have created hollow, spherical sacks called vesicles by using protein and RNA, not lipids.

Charlotte Hsu-Buffalo • futurity
July 21, 2020 ~7 min

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