Cell & Bioscience is calling for submissions to our Collection on RNA Biology in Health and Disease. RNA biology has emerged as one of the most influential areas in modern biology and biomedicine. The discovery of numerous new classes of RNAs and their functions in a wide spectrum of biological processes has revolutionized molecular biology, with profound implications for clinical sciences. RNA vaccines and RNA therapeutic applications have been two astonishing and fascinating directions in the modern biomedical world.
This Collection offers the opportunity to publish outstanding observations, reviews, and commentaries about the current status of RNA biology in development, pathogen infections, pathogenesis, carcinogenesis, and RNA-based disease prevention and RNA-targeted clinical therapies. Specific topics also include:
1. RNA from birth to death
- Transcriptional regulation
- Pre-mRNA processing (capping, splicing, and polyadenylation)
- Subcellular RNA trafficking and localization
- RNA modifications
- RNA folding and structure
- RNA stability and degradation
2. RNA functions
- Function of noncoding RNAs
- RNA translation
- RNA-protein and RNA-RNA interactions
- Phase separation and RNA granules
3. RNA viruses
- Disease-causing mechanisms
- Functional interplays with innate immunity
4. New RNA technologies