Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

For many years, scientists have known about one of the most fundamental processes in biology, where cells use a DNA sequence to transcribe an RNA molecule, and use that to generate a protein. But ...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that can recognize and bind to double-stranded DNA or RNA under normal physiological conditions. The molecule could provide a ...

Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have discovered how a small, naturally occurring ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Chemists at the University at Buffalo have used rational drug design to synthesize small, cell-permeable molecules that are effective in vitro against two common types of myotonic ...

Dr. Cech is a biochemist and the author of the forthcoming book “The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets,” from which this essay is adapted. From E=mc² to splitting the atom ...

Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun, have developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for ...

RNA World is a fascinating theory but it may not hold true. The problem is that the ingredients, such as enzymes, to make RNA World work just didn't exist on early Earth. For decades, chemists have ...

Penny Riggs has received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture and the National Science Foundation. DNA is found inside the cells of ...