RNA is the means of translating the genetic code embedded in DNA into proteins, which serve as enzymes, transporters, signaling molecules, receptors, structural components, regulators, and ...

Transcribe, splice, and everything’s nice—at least in healthy people. Scientists are finding that abnormal splicing, and genetic variants that cause it, may kickstart some neurodegenerative diseases.

In an important new study, Chinese researchers have discovered the previously unrecognized role of alternative splicing of the DOC2A gene in schizophrenia. The research was conducted by scientists led ...