Researchers at Stanford have created ligand-induced dimerization activating RNA editing (LIDAR), a versatile molecular sensor that turns the presence of a ligand into translation of an output protein.
Stanford researchers have found a solution to enhance mRNA translation and stability by harnessing SARS-CoV2 genomic sequences themselves. They discovered that the SARS-CoV2 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) can be repurposed for increased translation and stability of any mRNA.