Could life on Earth have taken a completely different form, based on the “handedness” of its chemical? A new study by ...

A recent groundbreaking NASA study has revealed a significant discovery about the protein configurations that may give rise ...

The research team also identified the first example of a twister ribozyme in mammals, specifically in the genome of the bottlenose dolphin. A paper describing the study appeared online today ...

Imagine a world where proteins could be built with mirror-image molecules, just like your left and right hands. Scientists ...

The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a discovery that RNA—a key molecule ...

The research team also identified the first example of a twister ribozyme in mammals, specifically in the genome of the bottlenose dolphin. Subscribe to Technology Networks’ daily newsletter, ...

The image shows 2D models of some of the tested ribozymes that had imperfections in their helical and loop elements but were still active, demonstrating that twister ribozyme's ability to self ...

Professor Nobuo Kimizuka and his colleagues from Kyushu University have now successfully demonstrated that SF can be promoted by introducing chirality (molecules that cannot be superimposed on ...

School of Pharmaceutical Science (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, People’s Republic of China ...