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These obelisks, as they've been named, are minuscule bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that serve an unknown function, even though their presence could be widespread in the microbiome, according to a recent study published recently in Cell.
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Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Folate is needed to make DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid) and helps produce healthy red blood cells.
—Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2024
The synthesis of ribonucleic acid requires various nitrile precursor molecules, such as hydrogen cyanide, cyanoacetylene and cyanogen, which can only form in certain conditions.
—Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
Since the pandemic began this spring, scientists have learned that the ribonucleic acid, or RNA, of the coronavirus, which causes covid-19, can be detected in feces, and that infected individuals shed particles in their stool soon after being infected.
—Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
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Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Folate is needed to make DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid) and helps produce healthy red blood cells.
—Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2024
The synthesis of ribonucleic acid requires various nitrile precursor molecules, such as hydrogen cyanide, cyanoacetylene and cyanogen, which can only form in certain conditions.
—Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
Since the pandemic began this spring, scientists have learned that the ribonucleic acid, or RNA, of the coronavirus, which causes covid-19, can be detected in feces, and that infected individuals shed particles in their stool soon after being infected.
—Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
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ribonucleic acid
noun
ri·bo·nu·cle·ic acid
ˌrī-bō-n(y)u̇-ˌklē-ik- 
-ˌklā-
: rna
Medical Definition
ribonucleic acid
noun
ri·bo·nu·cle·ic acid
ˌrī-bō-n(y)u̇-ˌklē-ik-
-ˌklā-
-ˌklā-
: rna
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