Scientists at The Wistar Institute have discovered how a key protein from the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), EBNA-LP, ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Fully assembled, the sequence of base pairs is a compound molecule called a nucleic acid. Living organisms are constantly building new cells or repairing old ones.

Small nucleic acid drugs, typically composed of single- or double-stranded DNA or RNA with a few dozen base pairs, act on mRNA within cells to regulate protein expression for therapeutic purposes.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche has patented a system for identifying nucleic acid bases using nanopores in a lipid bilayer. The system includes a sensing circuit, electrical circuit, and processor to record and ...

The researchers developed so-called threofuranosyl nucleic acid (TNA) with a new, additional base pair. These are the first steps on the way to fully artificial nucleic acids with enhanced ...

Now a biological reality, researchers are starting to figure out the many roles of left-handed nucleic acids such as Z-DNA – from immunity to controlling our genetics. Rachel Brazil reports Biology ...

What’s the story behind DNA melting temperature analysis? UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy can be used to assess the characteristics of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a naturally occurring polymer ...

Co-polymerization of glycol nucleic acid monomers with dicarboxylic acids in simulated early Earth drying environments readily gives rise to plausible prebiotic xeno nucleic acid co-polymers ...