Tiny protein pair discovery could reveal how the genetic code first began

Life runs on instructions you never see. Every cell reads DNA, turns that message into RNA, and then builds proteins that ...

Tiny molecules called tRNA halves may contribute to prostate cancer cell growth

Prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer in men. A new study from Thomas Jefferson University uncovered a new ...

Scientists develop technique to identify malfunctions in our genetic code

An international team of researchers including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a way ...
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CRISPR Doesn’t Just Cut DNA – It Targets tRNA Too

Bacteria contain a wide variety of mechanisms to fend off invaders like viruses. One of these strategies involves cleaving transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNA), which are present in all cells and play a ...
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Nucleic acids and proteins

Everything on Earth is made of atoms, most of which are closely packed together in the form of minerals. Life has its uses for minerals—ask a coral reef—but its essence lies in atoms arranged as ...