Micro-RNAs for treatment of viral infections

Researchers at Edinburgh University have identified a family of micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) that have been shown to have broad acting anti-viral function on DNA and RNA viruses.

A number of miRNAs have been identified that can modulate host cell defence mechanisms [...]

iPS cells may not be good disease models after all

A study funded by the EU under its ESTOOLS research programme has delivered the disappointing finding that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells may not provide such important disease models as first hoped.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the [...]