Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug ...
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that acts like a traffic controller for DNA, preventing damage during cell ...
In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by scientists at The Wertheim ...
For 400 million years, a leading hypothesis claims, Earth was an “RNA World,” meaning that life must’ve first replicated from RNA before the arrival of proteins and DNA. Unfortunately, scientists have ...
A forgotten biochemist’s radical model for the emergence of life is making a surprising comeback—half a century after it was ...
The discovery centers on the unique strands of DNA contained within our mitochondria, the power stations of our cells. By ...
A team of scientists led by Matthew Disney, Ph.D., of The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute (center), mapped the druggable pockets (violet, green, red, orange, yellow)of a key RNA from the SARS-CoV-2 ...
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Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug ...