In living organisms today, complex molecules like RNA and DNA are constructed with the help of enzymes. So how did these molecules form before life (and enzymes) existed? Why did some molecules end up ...
To our immune system, naked RNA is a sign of a viral or bacterial invasion and must be attacked. But our own cells also have RNA. To ward off trouble, our cells clothe their RNA in sugars, Vijay ...
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This sugar from space rocks turns to brown goop under heat, until scientists found the element that protects it
Ribose, the sugar at the heart of RNA, is notoriously fragile, yet it may have survived on early Earth thanks to a ...
Now that scientists understand the role of RNA glycosylation in deflecting immune system attention, they can check on whether that strategy is somehow going awry (Photo courtesy of imageBROKER/Juergen ...
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