The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

A breakthrough experiment, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers compelling support for ...

The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets. Thomas Cech. W.W. Norton; 304 pages; $28.99 and £23.99 All this is the subject of Thomas Cech’s new book, “The Catalyst”. The author ...

New experiments suggest RNA, life’s essential molecule, could have formed naturally on early Earth and even arrived from ...

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 ...

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise. For the first time, scientists have created a molecule that can identify ...

The modulation of RNA splicing by small molecules has emerged as a promising strategy for treating pathogenic infections, human genetic diseases, and cancer; however, the principles by which splicing ...

Scientists have long believed that RNA may have been the first molecule capable of storing information and evolving, a ...

Small, biologically inert molecules can be converted into bioactive degraders that selectively downregulate disease-causing RNAs. By attaching an RNA molecular recognition element to a second compound ...

In both humans and bacteria, viral infections lead to the activation of enzymes that generate cyclic nucleotides as messengers to start the immune response. However, how bacteria sense viral invasion ...

A gene called MYC is implicated in the majority of cancers, but unfortunately it’s often considered “undruggable.” In a new study scientists have developed a molecule that chops up the RNA of this ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered molecules that present the potential to drive the development of gastric cancer—among the world’s deadliest forms of the disease. Gastric ...