All RNA articles
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OpinionCracking codons
Understanding how chemistry links RNA triplets to the properties of amino acids
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Opinion
From prebiotic soup to fine-grained RNA world
Theories about how life emerged need to be closely attuned to conditions on the early Earth
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Research
Freeze–thaw cycles could explain how ancient RNA replicated without enzymes
Discovery solves puzzle of RNA world hypothesis
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Research
All of life’s nucleic acids could have extraterrestrial origins
All five nucleobases of RNA and DNA found in three meteorites
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News
Chemistry Nobel laureate Sidney Altman dies at 82
Canadian–American molecular biologist won the 1989 prize for discovering RNA’s catalytic ability
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Feature
Sequencing one cell at a time
New advances that allow scientists to uncover the molecular differences between individual cells could revolutionise medicine, Ian le Guillou finds
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Business
New antiviral impresses against Covid-19
Merck & Co and Ridgeback’s molnupiravir reduces risk of hospitalisation and death, and may work against other coronaviruses
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News
Chemistry Nobel predictions range from free-radical chemistry to MOFs
Data-crunching goes up against gut feeling as the chemistry community weighs in on their favourites for the world’s top chemistry prize
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Research
Machine learning accurately predicts RNA structures using tiny dataset
Development could lead to better understanding of RNA and new medicines
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Research
New class of biomolecule baffles scientists
GlycoRNAs found across several cell types and organisms
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Feature
Drugging RNA
Some medicinal chemists have changed their focus from proteins to target RNA, finds Rachel Brazil
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Business
Early indications suggest Pfizer–BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine is effective
Company claims 90% efficacy at preventing disease, but experts call for data rather than press releases
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Research
Entirely new way of sensing iron discovered in bacteria
Novel class of riboswitches can directly and selectively sense iron
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Feature
Unnatural selection in chemical systems
Great strides have been made in the lab with chemical systems that ape life’s behaviour
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News
New Covid-19 test delivers diagnoses up to three time faster
Researchers at the University of Oxford claim their new coronavirus diagnostic technology is fast and highly accurate
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Business
RNA vaccines are coronavirus frontrunners
Several groups have potential Sars-CoV-2 vaccines ready or close to testing, thanks to rapid development pathways
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Research
Unified synthesis shows how genetic alphabet could have been put together on early Earth
Cycles of wet and then dry conditions provide the right conditions to make all the nucleobases from basic chemicals
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Research
Mineral surfaces promoted variation in prebiotic RNA
Thermodynamic model probes the entropic cost of enriching RNA strands adsorbed on a surface
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Research
Hepatitis C drug lead designed to target virus RNA
Gene-to-RNA-to-medicine pipeline possible thanks to technique that reveals interactions between RNA and small molecules
