RNA probably came before DNA, serving as the storehouse of genetic information and driving chemical reactions; a ...

Now, a pair of Scripps Research Institute scientists has taken a significant step toward answering that question. The scientists have synthesized for the first time RNA enzymes that can replicate ...

Researchers demonstrated how amino acids could spontaneously attach to RNA under early Earth-like conditions using thioesters, providing a long-sought clue to the origins of protein synthesis. This ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

STORM Therapeutics has entered a new collaboration with US‑based AlidaBio to accelerate the development of cancer therapies that target RNA modifications.