A University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher has received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of ...

Sugar Both DNA and RNA are built with a sugar backbone, but whereas the sugar in DNA is called deoxyribose (left in image), the sugar in RNA is called simply ribose (right in image). The "deoxy" ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are perhaps the most important molecules in cell biology, responsible for the storage and reading of genetic information that underpins all life.

Reprogrammable RNA nanoparticles activate only in cancer cells to deliver targeted gene-silencing therapy while avoiding ...

Cytosine is one of the four main nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA, along with adenine (A), guanine (G), and thymine (T) or uracil (U). It is a pyrimidine derivative, meaning it has a single-ring ...

RNA Timeline: A History in Hybridization and Structure Alexander Rich and David Davies discover the double-stranded RNA helix and show that polyribo U and polyribo A hybridize spontaneously.6 Ben Hall ...

RNA research: Ribozyme structure revealed Date: January 15, 2025 Source: University of Würzburg Summary: Researchers have now uncovered the 3D structure of the RNA enzyme SAMURI. Their study ...