This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 296.

Song title: Splice of Fate
Original Base by Base episode: 296: snaR-A ncRNA antagonizes U2 snRNP SF3B2 to drive intron retention in human cells
Original episode link: https://basebybase.com/episodes/snar-a-sf3b2-splicing

Article metadata:
Article title: Cancer-associated snaR-A noncoding RNA interacts with core splicing machinery and disrupts processing of mRNA subpopulations
Journal: Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/s41467-025-65448-x
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65448-x
Reference: Zhou S., Lizarazo S., Chorghade S., Mouli L., Cheng R., Rajendra K. C., Kalsotra A., Van Bortle K. Cancer-associated snaR-A noncoding RNA interacts with core splicing machinery and disrupts processing of mRNA subpopulations. Nature Communications. 2025;16:10460. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65448-x

Lyrics:
Verse 1
In the quiet of the nucleus a small script breathes,
snaR-A threads the speckles, slips past the U6 lights,
shadowed currents shift the cadence of our genes.

Pre-Chorus
It finds SF3B2, a hand upon a fragile thread,
pulls at seams of meaning until some words stay dead,
leaving messages half-sung where answers should be said.

Chorus
This is the splice of fate, where lines are kept between,
a tiny RNA that tips the scale and shifts the scene,
growth in shadowed margins, signatures left unseen.

Verse 2
When snaR-A rises, pauses lengthen and hold place,
SF3B2 wanes, the splice slips out of its embrace,
cells speed up their rhythm, others wander, trace.

Bridge
We map the speckled atlas, pull the fragile threads,
turn whispers into markers, stitch the gaps we've read,
a lever for the silence, a light against the spread.

Final Chorus
This is the splice of fate, a small script rearranged,
we read the broken beats and teach the song to change,
from speckle to the surface, a clearer future's framed.