Chemists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have ...

The University College London research builds on years of efforts to trace the origins of Earth’s early genetic materials.

At some point, RNA must have replicated itself before the evolutionary arrival of DNA and proteins, and now we might know how ...

Scientists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have recreated how RNA might have first replicated itself on ...

About 40 years ago, a method was developed for the chemical synthesis of DNA and RNA, in which any sequence can be assembled from DNA or RNA building blocks using phosphoramidite chemistry.

WASHINGTON — mRNA, a Nobel-winning technology harnessed by Trump officials to create Covid shots in record time, is becoming ...

What occurred next is possibly an intimate glimpse of how life first formed on Earth—between the liquid gaps of the ice crystals, these building blocks coated the RNA strands and prevented them ...

Pyrimidines are fundamental building blocks of life, forming the basis of the genetic code in all living organisms. Their importance extends beyond their role in DNA and RNA, as pyrimidines and their ...