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The sugar that sparked life: Why ribose was RNA’s first choice
What made ribose the sugar of choice for life's code? Scientists at Scripps Research may have cracked a major part of this ...
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Study shows how ribose may have become the sugar of choice for RNA development
In living organisms today, complex molecules like RNA and DNA are constructed with the help of enzymes. So how did these molecules form before life (and enzymes) existed? Why did some molecules end up ...
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Why Countries Are Racing To Build mRNA Factories While America Hesitates on Next-Gen Vaccines
In this episode presented by Eclipsebio, BioSpace's head of insights Lori Ellis continues the discussion on mRNA and srRNA ...
Where did RNA come from? Origin-of-life scientists help to answer the question
In living organisms today, complex molecules like RNA and DNA are constructed with the help of enzymes. So how did these molecules form before life (and enzymes) existed? Why did some molecules end up ...
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Where did RNA come from? (IMAGE)
The sugar ribose is more quickly phosphorylated compared to other sugars with the same chemical formula but a different shape. This selective phosphorylation could explain how ribose became the sugar ...
Breakthrough blood test detects colon cancer early with 95% accuracy
Liquid biopsies have transformed cancer testing. These tests detect signs of cancer using a simple blood draw instead of ...
UConn, Connecticut Children’s conducting world’s first gene-editing trial for rare disease: ‘fixing it at its source’
It is trying to treat a devastating lifelong disease by fixing it at its source. We are able to fix the actual genetic ...