A mixture of chemicals induces reactions reminiscent of life on pyrite.

Dampening the immune response to stay up in the air may have helped bats become tolerant to viral infections.

Fruit flies and mice grow better and eat less when the amino acid balance of their food reflects that coded by their exomes.

How cancer cells fuel their rapid growth

Cancer cells exhibit altered metabolic processes that may serve as promising targets for new therapies.

The amino acids left behind in a human fingerprint can be used to determine whether an individual is male or female.

New research points to key properties of transfer RNA molecules and amino acids that may have supported the origin of life on Earth.

A new experimental system demonstrates that precursors of ribonucleotides, amino acids, and lipids may have simultaneously arisen from the same prebiotic chemistry.

For the first time, synthetic DNA base pairs are replicated within living bacteria.