Imagine a world where proteins could be built with mirror-image molecules, just like your left and right hands. Scientists ...

A new method, developed by Penn State researchers, can test the activity of thousands of RNA enzymes, called ribozymes, in a ...

The research team also identified the first example of a twister ribozyme in mammals, specifically in the genome of the bottlenose dolphin. Subscribe to Technology Networks’ daily newsletter, ...

Gene therapy for some diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), can be tricky because the needed gene is often ...

According to the authors, soda lakes on the early Earth could have supported key features of protocell development, with RNA copying and ribozyme activity taking place in the dry season and vesicle ...

A major focus of our lab is to harness the power of small catalytic RNAs (such as the hammerhead ribozyme) to create new RNA switches that can be turned on or off by small molecules. One of the ...

The RNA world hypothesis gains support from the in vitro evolution of a bifunctional ribozyme that can recognize an activated glutaminyl ester and subsequently aminoacylate a tRNA molecule.

The research team also identified the first example of a twister ribozyme in mammals, specifically in the genome of the bottlenose dolphin. A paper describing the study appeared online today ...