DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

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Biochemist have now created mirror-image enzymes -- so-called Spiegelzymes -- out of nucleic acids. The Spiegelzymes can be used in living cells for the targeted cutting of natural nucleic acids.

When people eat, they ingest the nucleic acids that reside in all living things. The compounds in these acids could inhibit the growth of cancer cells, according to findings published in PLOS ONE by ...

A study published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology shows that a low-cost tool, called Subak, is effective at telling when nuclease digestion has occurred, which is when an enzyme called ...

Figure 2. Typical BSA spectrum. Image Credit: DeNovix Inc. 260/280 Nucleic acid purity ratios It is common to practice utilizing 260/280 ratios to assess the accuracy of nucleic acid tests.