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A tiny chemical difference between RNA and DNA may help explain how life began

RNA and DNA are chemical cousins. But one tiny difference between them (an extra oxygen atom repeated along RNA’s backbone) ...
BIOENGINEER

Antibody-DNA Hybrids Push Ultrasensitive Diagnostics and RNA Drugs Forward

Few molecular designs manage to bridge two worlds as different as immunology and nucleic acid chemistry, yet ...

For High School Students Interested in the Origin of Life from RNA: Researching the Genetic Code and Ribozymes at the Tamura Laboratory, Tokyo University of Science

I have completed a master's degree in a science-related graduate school and work as a researcher at a manufacturing company. In "Kenro," I research prospective universities not just by their names or ...
Phys.org

RNA has newly identified role: Repairing serious DNA damage to maintain the genome

Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands of the DNA double ...
Yahoo

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is still a great deal unknown about RNA and its modifications. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images ...

Compact CRISPR alternative uses bacterial proteins to insert large DNA segments

A new engineered gene-editing system, proven in bacteria and showing promise for use in plants, animals and humans, addresses ...
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Simple Urine Test Reads Tumor RNA to Detect Bladder Cancer and Predict Treatment Response

A simple urine test developed by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose ...
Nature

DNA damage and repair articles from across Nature Portfolio

The ATR–ATRIP kinase complex safeguards genome integrity by coordinating cellular responses to DNA damage and replication stress. Two recent cryo-EM studies resolve the structural basis of ATR–ATRIP ...
Science Daily

One tiny chemical difference between RNA and DNA may help explain how life began

Scientists may have found a clue to one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the origin of life: how fragile RNA molecules could gather and survive before cells existed. New research shows that RNA is ...