Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bill Sloman Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: OT: New imaging method enables detailed RNA analysis of the whole brain Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:31:41 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:31:43 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="db5b5255e9062720c7a45e4d37c6e3de"; logging-data="2295051"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+S77DOa+Ychv+utX/7pWaHJUNWjRnG9gE=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:M8iYUMH903ojbezL73p62JpTX+A= X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 241124-0, 24/11/2024), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2268 On 24/11/2024 5:33 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote: > New imaging method enables detailed RNA analysis of the whole brain > https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241121141005.htm > Source: > Karolinska Institutet > Summary: > Researchers have developed a groundbreaking microscopy method that > enables detailed three-dimensional (3D) RNA analysis at cellular resolution > in whole intact mouse brains. > The new method, called TRISCO, has the potential to transform our understanding of brain function, > both in normal conditions and in disease, according to the new study. > > Paper: > https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn9947 There are a lot of different RNA molecules in the brain, and this method can identify three of them, though they hope to be able to push this up to a hundred or so in the future. https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/translational-research/0/steps/14201 There are 23,000 different messenger RNA's encoded in the human genome, and whole lot different sorts of RNA that does other jobs. The researcher's seem to have a way to go yet. -- Bill Sloman, Sydney