Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures.

A KAIST research team led by Professor Won Do Heo (Department of Biological Sciences) has developed an optogenetic platform, ...

A research team from National Taiwan University, Academia Sinica, and National Taiwan University Hospital has uncovered a ...

What made ribose the sugar of choice for life's code? Scientists at Scripps Research may have cracked a major part of this mystery. Their experiments show that ribose binds more readily and ...

The nucleolus is where ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is transcribed, processed, and assembled into the building blocks of ribosomes, the molecular machines that make proteins. Researchers discovered that rRNA ...

Losing a tooth as an adult is par for the course for many of us. The only option to replace them? Artificial substitutes. But ...

A new study provides a detailed structure of a human enzyme critical for antiviral defense and platelet function.

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 ...

This is a well-written study that presents a solid genetic screen to identify regulators of adipose morphology and remodeling in zebrafish. The authors generated a rigorous screening platform based on ...

Researchers demonstrated that systemic factors from young mice can rejuvenate the aging retina by alleviating cellular senescence and restoring function.

In living organisms today, complex molecules like RNA and DNA are constructed with the help of enzymes. So how did these ...

The aging liver undergoes dramatic changes in its functional organization and other key attributes, which may underpin its ...