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, 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 ...

Amino acid thioesters condensed into peptides, which spontaneously formed ... Furthermore, the droplets displayed resilience.

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 ...