Nucleic acids are fundamental biomacromolecules that not only store and transmit genetic information but also regulate myriad biochemical processes essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis. In ...

The Biochemistry major is designed to equip students with a broad understanding of the chemical and molecular events involved in biological processes. The Biochemistry major provides a foundation for ...

IN 1914 Walter Jones began the preface to his monograph on nucleic acids with the words, “The nucleic acids constitute what is possibly the best understood field of Physiological Chemistry …” That was ...

Society’s growing need to understand and respond to problems at the biochemical and molecular levels is boundless. Researchers are rapidly developing powerful tools in order to analyze and model ...

Some biologists have long hoped that small pieces of RNA that silence genes could help wipe out genetic diseases. But developing nucleic acid medications with good drug properties, such as selectivity ...

If you’ve ever learned a language, says Jen Heemstra of Emory University, there are two levels of understanding. First you learn to read text and comprehend it. Then you begin speaking the language ...

What is chemical biology, and how does it differ from biochemistry? Chemical biology deals with how chemistry can be applied to solve biological problems while biochemistry is the study of the ...

So far as is known today, uric acid serves no biochemical function in the body other than being an end product of purine metabolism. The metabolically important purines, adenine and guanine, serve as ...

48. Arteaga, S. J., Dolenz, B. J., and Znosko, B. M. (2024) "Competitive influence of alkali metals in the ion atmosphere on nucleic acid duplex stability," ACS Omega ...

The Nucleic Acids Group award lecture series was established in 1998 to honour world-renowned scientists who have made outstanding contributions in the areas of the chemistry and/or biochemistry of ...