The origin of life on Earth is still enigmatic, but we are slowly unraveling the steps involved and the necessary ingredients ...

DNA is the molecular basis of heredity, the inherited traits that pass between generations in a person's family tree.

That’s common knowledge, but given the amount of pollutants we produce, both outdoors and in our homes, plant life can only ...

Huntington's disease causes involuntary movements and dementia, has no cure, and is fatal. For the first time, UC Riverside scientists have shown they can slow its progression in flies and worms ...

This revolution in molecular genetics was completed in the 1960s with the unravelling of the molecular genetic code ...

Each of these letters stands for a different chemical building block called a nucleotide: adenine, cytosine, guanine and uracil. A molecular machine called a ribosome reads the codebook to translate ...

A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. ach year, STAT chooses a new class of Wunderkinds, showcasing ...

Other combinations of the atoms form the four bases: thymine (T), adenine (A), cytosine (C), and guanine (G). These bases are the rungs of the DNA ladder. (It takes two bases to form a rung -- one ...

This process is called elongation. Three of the four nitrogenous bases that make up RNA — adenine (A), cytosine (C), and guanine (G) — are also found in DNA. In RNA, however, a base called ...

Scientists have also identified nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) as a key compound that can improve human health and ...

DENVER -- An oral suspension of clean-surfaced gold nanocrystals known as CNM-Au8 was safe and well-tolerated in patients ...

Researchers reviewed the impact of cinnamon, curcumin, and resveratrol on oxidative stress and inflammation in type 2 ...