These chains come in a wide range of lengths. In humans a typical protein is about 400 amino acids long; some are a lot longer. Molecules of RNA, one of the two nucleic acids, can reach up to 100,000 ...

Medical molecular engineering harnesses cutting‐edge techniques to design, modify and integrate nucleic acids and proteins for advanced diagnostics and therapeutics. By applying principles from ...

EVERYTHING ON Earth is made of atoms, most of which are closely packed together in the form of minerals. Life has its uses for minerals—ask a coral reef—but its essence lies in atoms arranged as ...

Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

This film creatively illustrates the process of protein synthesis through dance, symbolizing the assembly of amino acids into proteins. It explains how genes encode instructions for amino acid ...

Overview of the NAPTUNE detection process. Probe 1 binds to a specific RNA target, where the enzyme APE1 makes a precise cut, initiating a chain reaction. The resulting DNA fragment activates another ...

Low and medium-throughput laboratories now have an alternative to manual processes and spin-column methods for nucleic acid purification, thanks to a new automated system. The Thermo Scientific ...

Thanks to the novel Thermo Scientific™ Acclaro™ Sample Intelligence technology, the NanoDrop One delivers comprehensive sample quality information via the identification of common contaminants and the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Building muscle, nine essential amino acids (EAA) at a time, is the driving force behind muscle protein synthesis (MPS) – overcoming the normal effects of muscle protein breakdown (MPB) ...