During Larry Nassar's sexual abuse trial and sentencing, victims' harrowing stories have brought to light Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a condition that is common among gymnasts, but poorly understood.
A mechanism by which different forms of mature mRNAs are generated from the same gene. Alternative splicing is a regulatory mechanism by which variations in the incorporation of the exons, or coding regions, into mRNA leads to the production of more than one related protein, or isoform. RNA interference.
Although single stranded, RNA is not always linear. It has the ability to fold into complex three dimensional shapes and form hairpin loops. Double-stranded RNA (or dsRNA), as is seen here, can be used to block the expression of specific genes. EQUINOX GRAPHICS/Science Photo Library/Getty Images.