RNA interference – RNAi – functions specifically to silence, or deactivate, genes. Among other applications, it promises to be groundbreaking as a way to treat infections of bees by a commercially ...

RNAi works in CRW as it feeds on corn roots by turning off functions the pest needs for development. Companies including Bayer Crop Science and Corteva Agriscience introduced RNAi in corn hybrids ...

There’s a new villain in the hive. On his radio program, "CBS Eye on the World," John Batchelor and I unpacked the real ...

In 2002, on the heels of the discovery that RNA interference existed in human cells, the usually reserved journal Science proclaimed RNAi the "breakthrough of the year." Here was a part of the ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The natural RNAi mechanism can be directed by either short interfering RNA (siRNA) or microRNA (miRNA). 1 There are four key steps in the RNAi ...