RNA probably came before DNA, serving as the storehouse of genetic information and driving chemical reactions; a ...
The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...
New experiments suggest RNA, life’s essential molecule, could have formed naturally on early Earth and even arrived from ...
The origin of the first living molecules on our planet has long been debated. However, recent experiments are revealing new ...
New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...
Japanese scientists have discovered a process by which RNA could have readily formed from a prebiotic environment on ancient ...
The question of how life could have emerged is one of the most long-standing mysteries in science. In a new study, the laboratory of LMU Professor Dieter Braun has uncovered an unexpected form of ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 50 (December 13, 2022), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) R-loops, or RNA:DNA hybrids, can induce DNA damage, which ...