New study reveals how aminoacyl-thiols may have kickstarted protein synthesis, shedding light on life's origins.

Despite being made from a relatively simple set of building blocks, ribonucleic acid (RNA) has a broad array of complex ...

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals ...

A new study brings scientists closer to uncovering how life began on Earth.

Despite being made from a relatively simple set of building blocks, ribonucleic acid (RNA) has a broad array of complex ...

RNA is the molecule that reads the genetic information stored in DNA. It's critical for the proper functioning of cells, and ...

Researchers have created a "biocomputer" out of strands of RNA inside a living yeast cell, and demonstrated that it can be programmed to respond to conditions within the cell by taking specific ...

Researchers have made a significant advance in understanding how genes are controlled in living organisms. The new study focuses on critical snippets of RNA in the tiny, transparent roundworm ...

While the COVID-19 vaccines introduced many people to RNA-based medicines, RNA oligonucleotides have already been on the market for years to treat diseases like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and ...