News articles tagged with 'adenine'
Rice physicists help unravel mystery of repetitive DNA segments
— 7 Dec 2010 17:58 | PhysicsWith new tools that can grab individual strands of DNA and stretch them like rubber bands, Rice University scientists are working to unravel a mystery of modern genomics. Their latest…
Study shows adding UV light helps form 'Missing G' of RNA building blocks
— 14 Jun 2010 15:52 | ChemistryFor scientists attempting to understand how the building blocks of RNA originated on Earth, guanine - the G in the four-letter code of life - has proven to be a particular challenge.…
Long-awaited new tests for detecting the bioterrorism agent ricin
— 13 Apr 2009 14:39 | ChemistryIn a development that could help safeguard people against potential acts of terrorism involving ricin, two groups of scientists in Georgia and New York are reporting the development…
Einstein researchers devise a fast and sensitive way to detect ricin
— 8 Apr 2009 16:24 | ChemistryScientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a simple, accurate, and highly sensitive test to detect and quantify ricin, an extremely potent…
Cool stars have different mix of life-forming chemicals
— 8 Apr 2009 12:55 | AstronomyLife on Earth is thought to have arisen from a hot soup of chemicals. Does this same soup exist on planets around other stars? A new study from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope hints…
Researchers find pathway and enzyme unique to tularaemia organism
— 5 Feb 2009 10:52 | HealthResearchers are closer to developing therapies to combat the deadly tularaemia infection, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'…
How did chemical constituents essential to life arise on primitive Earth?
— 30 Oct 2007 19:38 | Geology and palaeontologyExperiments show that simple molecules can combine chemically rather than biologically to form the building blocks of DNA, the key component of all life forms. These processes might…
Adenine in interstellar dust clouds?
— 3 Oct 2007 02:35 | AstronomySome of the elements necessary to support life on Earth are widely known - oxygen, carbon and water, to name a few. Just as important in the existence of life as any other component…
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