Farmers looking to gain the upper hand over corn rootworm (CRW) pests have new tools to deploy in the field, thanks to Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technology. RNAi works in CRW as it feeds on ...

Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) scientist Ana Maria Vélez is pioneering a genetic treatment to contain western corn rootworm. The research seeks to contain agricultural pests by targeting ...

The discovery of RNAi dates back to the 1990s when researchers observed unexpected gene silencing in plants and fungi. In 1998, Andrew Fire and Craig Mello published a groundbreaking study ...

In barely a decade, RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) has evolved from a fascinating biological phenomenon into a powerful experimental tool. Progress in genome sequencing and annotation, as well as ...

RNAi is a powerful tool to used to define cellular mechanisms, and analyze the gene functions of various organisms in laboratories worldwide. Credit: petarg/ Shutterstock.com Fragments of RNA ...

What does Mello’s prize-winning discovery do? RNAi has garnered more than its fair share of attention lately. Being the subject of a Nobel Prize will do that. But it has also left many in the area ...

As a means of perturbing gene expression—and avoiding manipulation of the genome—RNA interference (RNAi) has distinct advantages. RNAi, it must be said, is hardly unique in its ability to target ...

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is coming of age. It's been a long road for RNA interference (RNAi): From a Nobel prize and overpriced deals more than a decade ago, to the Food and Drug Administration ...