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

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 ...

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

Inside each cell of the human body are proteins that control which genes are expressed at the right place and time. However, ...

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