Close-up on Research Press Release “Discovery of RNA Sequences That Suppress the Cause of the Intractable Disease ALS”

Ms. Ai Fujimoto (DC3, Graduate School of Life Science) issued a press release titled “Discovery of RNA Sequences That Suppress Cytotoxicity Due to Aggregate Formation” on September 27, 2024. We interviewed Ms. Fujimoto for more information.

RNA suppresses protein aggregation and prevents cell death (image, from original article)

Interview (in Japanese)

Original Article

Short Repeat Ribonucleic Acid Reduces Cytotoxicity by Preventing the Aggregation of TDP-43 and Its 25 KDa Carboxy-Terminal Fragment