More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals shaped reactions, and molecules bumped into each other by chance.

New findings show how thioesters could have been built, an important step to providing the energy needed for protein ...

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

An organic sulfur compound known as a thioester spontaneously catalyzing the binding of RNA to amino acids may be where it ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 15 (April 12, 2022), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) In neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s and ...

ARTHEx Biotech S.L., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted RNA medicines for rare genetic neuromuscular disorders, today announced the successful closing of its upsized ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a new approach for using locked nucleic acids (LNAs)—a particularly stable ...

In the brain, it is not only important that nerve cells send signals, but also how quickly they can do so. In order for ...

The cerebellum, a brain region located at the back of the head that has long been known to support the coordination of muscle ...