All RNA and DNA Base Types Are Found in Meteorites, Study Claims
All RNA and DNA Base Types Are Found in Meteorites, Study Claims
The discovery could add weight to the hypothesis that the building blocks of life on Earth originally came from space, but some scientists note the possibility of contamination.
The discovery could add weight to the hypothesis that the building blocks of life on Earth originally came from space, but some scientists note the possibility of contamination.
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Modern Approaches to qPCR
The Scientist | Nov 9, 2020 | 1 min read
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Primordial RNA May Have Contained Inosine
Catherine Offord | Mar 1, 2019 | 2 min read
The discovery that the adenosine derivative aids self-replication adds weight to the theory that life on Earth originated from a mixture of RNA molecules.
DNA’s Coding Power Doubled
Ruth Williams | Feb 21, 2019 | 3 min read
All life on Earth uses a genetic code based on four nucleotides. Now, scientists have created one with eight.
Novel Method Could Accelerate DNA Synthesis
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 19, 2018 | 2 min read
The new technique uses an enzyme found in vertebrate immune systems to attach nucleotides to a growing strand.
Base Editing Now Able to Convert Adenine-Thymine to Guanine-Cytosine
Catherine Offord | Oct 25, 2017 | 8 min read
With the arrival of a new class of single-nucleotide editors, researchers can target the most common type of pathogenic SNP in humans.
A Different Way of Doing Things
Kivanç Birsoy and David M. Sabatini | Apr 1, 2016 | 10 min read
Cancer cells exhibit altered metabolic processes that may serve as promising targets for new therapies.
Metabolic Reprogramming
Kivanç Birsoy and David M. Sabatini | Mar 31, 2016 | 1 min read
How cancer cells fuel their rapid growth
More Lab-Made Nucleotides
Kerry Grens | Jun 8, 2015 | 2 min read
Artificial bases that act like the real deal can be designed to bind specifically to tumor cells.
Pioneer DNA Researcher Dies
Jef Akst | Oct 2, 2012 | 1 min read
Leonard Lerman, who helped elucidate the process from gene to protein, passed away last month at age 87.
Top 7 in molecular biology
Megan Scudellari | Jun 14, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in molecular biology, from Faculty of 1000.