Tag: Premlata Shankar

  • Nation & World

    RNA sequence restrains fatal encephalitis

    One short sequence of RNA protected mice from deadly brain inflammation caused by West Nile virus and Japanese encephalitis virus, report Priti Kumar, Manjunath Swamy, and Premlata Shankar. The findings,…

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  • Nation & World

    RNA technology thwarts HIV

    RNA interference (RNAi) is a naturally occurring phenomenon by which cells guard themselves against viruses. The process involves post-transcriptional gene silencing in which specific RNA sequences get chopped into small…

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