What made ribose the sugar of choice for life's code? Scientists at Scripps Research may have cracked a major part of this ...

Ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight can cause DNA damage that leads to skin aging and cancer. Fortunately, our bodies have a ...

When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and ...

In living organisms today, complex molecules like RNA and DNA are constructed with the help of enzymes. So how did these ...

A predictive biophysical model that integrates protein-DNA structures and sequences to accurately determine genomic binding sites and affinities of DNA-binding proteins.

SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) protein complexes are ring-shaped molecular motors essential for genome folding. Despite recent progress, the detailed molecu ...

Accurate extraction of molecular representations is a critical step in the drug discovery process. In recent years, significant progress has been made in molecular representation learning methods, ...

DNA nanotechnology has recently provided a novel approach for developing safe, biocompatible, biodegradable, non-immunogenic, and non-toxic drug delivery systems. DNA nanostructures have numerous ...

An experimental rationalization of the structure type encountered in DNA and RNA by systematically investigating the chemical and physical properties of alternative nucleic acids has identified ...

AlphaGenome: New Google AI reads DNA mutations, predicts molecular consequences Google’s new AlphaGenome model unifies gene regulation prediction across the genome — with just one powerful AI ...