The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a discovery that RNA—a key molecule ...

Recent findings indicate that the chirality of molecules, critical to life's structure, might not have been as fixed in early ...

Healthcare - The exploration of peptides as bioregulatory molecules has gained considerable attention in recent years, with a ...

Our records of the human genome may still be missing tens of thousands of 'dark' genes. These hard-to-detect sequences of ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers, led by Georgia Tech's Francesca Storici, has discovered a previously unknown role ...

Due to DNA’s complexity, scientists theorize that a simpler molecule preceded it billions of years ago during early life ...

Could life on Earth have taken a completely different form, based on the “handedness” of its chemical? A new study by ...

The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA — a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before ...

NASA-funded study examines RNA's role in amino acid handedness. Research shows no bias for left- or right-handed amino acids ...

A recent groundbreaking NASA study has revealed a significant discovery about the protein configurations that may give rise ...

Researchers have found an ancient protein fold that might explain how life’s basic building blocks became the complex systems ...

For millions of people who adore cats but are plagued by allergies, the dream of snuggling a furry friend without sneezing ...