Punishing conditions in the clouds of Venus could be home to a DNA-like molecule capable of forming genes in life very ...

For a long time, Venus has been considered too hostile for life as we know it. Its thick clouds are filled with droplets of ...

A study has found that an ancient protein motif that binds to nucleic acids is functionally "ambidextrous." This means that ...

Fusobacteria, part of the oral microbiome, are suspected of playing a role in cancer progression. Scientists are working on ...

Fusobacteria, which are part of the oral microbiome, are suspected of playing a role in cancer progression. Scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) are working on ...

More information: Sungho Kim et al, Fast and accurate multi-bacterial identification using cleavable and FRET-based peptide nucleic acid probes, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2024). DOI ...

A control PNA turned antimicrobial agent may help eliminate F. nucleatum, a gut microbe tied to cancer progression and ...

Primrose Bio’s advanced technology for manufacturing nucleic acids and proteins makes it ... interfering RNA and other oligonucleotides to peptide- and protein-based therapies, depend on high ...

Cationic peptides and proteins have been observed ... that +36 GFP can simply form a complex with negatively charged nucleic acids and carry them into the cell. The researchers harnessed +36 ...