DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

Molecular ingredients of life A team of Japanese and US scientists have discovered the bio-essential sugars ribose and glucose in samples of asteroid Bennu collected ...

THE two most commonly used methods for detecting deoxyribose compounds are the diphenylamine reaction1 and the cysteine–sulphuric acid method2,3, both originally discovered by Dische. Overend and ...

Department of Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States ...

It’s been hypothesized for decades that life on Earth may not have been as “homegrown” as one might think and now, we’re looking above and hundreds of thousands of miles out for more answers. An ...