A molecular reinterpretation of Alice in Wonderland reveals an ancient protein with a surprising function. In a ...

You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania with a rare genetic disorder was healed with a personalized ...

At some point, RNA must have replicated itself before the evolutionary arrival of DNA and proteins, and now we might know how ...

Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.

Reading the excellent article titled ‘Tackling insidious killer’ (The Island 2025/06/04) by Priyantha Hewage, a few questions ...

We have all heard of antibodies – proteins produced by our bodies to bind to viruses or bacteria, marking them for ...

Life on Earth has a strong preference for molecular handedness: proteins are made up of left ... In its natural state, the HhH motif binds to DNA and RNA. Surprisingly, the researchers found ...

Chemists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have ...

Inspired by the way viruses attach to cells, scientists have developed a method for engineering ultra-selective aptamers.

Resolve Therapeutics, a leader in the emerging field of cell-free nucleic acid therapeutics, today announced a collaboration with the Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine to ...