Almost a decade after identifying a new class of RNA, a group of scientists sparks interest from Takeda Ventures
Over the last several years, scientists have turned their attention to long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) — a mysterious class of naturally occurring molecules that don’t code for proteins, but fulfill important regulatory functions in the cell. Stefano Gustincich and his team identified a new class of them back in 2012, and now the scientists have pulled in seed funding to see if the molecules can go where current therapeutics can’t.
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