More RNA

Here is a good posting from Biosingularity providing more information about RNA interference. One of the links provided there is to this PBS site that provides delightful tutorials and explanations of RNAi.

A few years ago, Antisense RNA was a revolutionary discovery. Now RNAi is the new celebrated technology. RNA still has some surprises that are so far unrevealed. The general field of noncoding RNAs looks at the several types of RNAs that perform other duties besides what the traditional "dogma" originally dictated.

Scientists are generally plodding creatures, staking out their small niches and cultivating a small, specialised crop. When entirely new continents of research potential are discovered, a lot of room for homesteaders is opened up. The majority of molecular biologists will plod their way into their small field and work it for the next ten, twenty, thirty years. The discoverers, a small minority, will look around for clues to other hidden continents, waiting to be found.