The experiments, led by postdoctoral researcher Jyoti Singh with UCL collaborators, have chemically linked activated amino ...

Researchers have revealed early conditions under which RNA and amino acids may have combined, giving rise to the origin of ...

Scientists discovered chemical reactions that place amino acids on tRNAs and extend peptide chains without enzymes, a key ...

The mystery, which has evaded scientists for more than five decades, can be explained with rather simple chemistry, according ...

Chemists at University College London have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) ...

Chemists at UCL have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could ...

Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

RNA-binding proteins use a dual binding mechanism involving zinc finger (ZnF) domains and intrinsically disordered regions ...

RNA-binding proteins use a dual binding mechanism involving zinc finger (ZnF) domains and intrinsically disordered regions ...

A DNA hydrogel engineered from tetrahedral nanostructures accelerates burn wound healing by directing immune cell behavior, ...

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not ...