{"id":95521,"date":"2026-03-30T12:53:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95521"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:23:46","slug":"extracellular-rna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/extracellular-rna\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracellular RNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Extracellular RNA Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists reported that extracellular RNA (exRNA) from bacteria can persist in disinfected drinking water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Extracellular RNA<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exRNA is RNA that <\/span><b>exists outside cells.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found in body fluids such <\/span><b>as blood, saliva, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To survive outside the cell, exRNA travels in its <\/span><b>own molecular containers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that prevent enzymes from breaking it down before it reaches its destination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are <\/span><b>heterogeneous populations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including small (e.g., miRNA) and long non-coding RNAs and coding RNAs (e.g., mRNA).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Functions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has been found to be part of a <\/span><b>sophisticated long-distance communication system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, allowing cells to <\/span><b>deliver instructions to other cells<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, influencing behavior and gene activation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It helps coordinate responses in the <\/span><b>immune system, tissue repair, and development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Medical significance<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It enables <\/span><b>diagnosis of diseases like cancer and heart<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> disease through RNA pattern testing in body fluids<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has potential for early detection and monitoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/what-is-extracellular-rna\/article70799093.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extracellular RNA (exRNA) found in disinfected water; key role in cell communication, immune response, and disease diagnosis with potential in early detection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":95532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6450,21,350],"class_list":{"0":"post-95521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-extracellular-rna","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-afffairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95579,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95521\/revisions\/95579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}