NASA Finds Ingredients of Life in Fragments of Lost World
3 days ago · Adenine and thymine are two of the five nucleobases that encode genetic information in DNA and RNA. Credit: NASA Goddard/OSIRIS-REx
NASA: Mystery of Life’s Handedness Deepens - NASA
Nov 21, 2024 · The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA — a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before DNA emerged — can favor making the building blocks of proteins in either the left-hand or the right-hand orientation.
NASA Mission Discovers Ingredients for DNA, RNA on an Asteroid ...
2 days ago · NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission. It's a win for alien life.
A NASA spacecraft scooped rubble from an asteroid. Here's what …
2 days ago · Scientists say samples harvested from NASA’s historic mission to the asteroid Bennu contain the precursors to life on Earth, including the building blocks to DNA, RNA and proteins.
Asteroid fragments upend theory of how life on Earth bloomed
2 days ago · Not only does Bennu contain all 5 of the nucleobases that form DNA and RNA on Earth and 14 of the 20 amino acids found in known proteins, the asteroid’s amino acids hold a surprise.
DNA and RNA building blocks found in samples retrieved from …
2 days ago · The building blocks of DNA and RNA, essential precursors to life, have been discovered in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by Nasa’s Osiris-REx mission.
New DNA/RNA Tool to Diagnose, Treat Diseases - NASA
Mar 29, 2016 · Looking for a new way to monitor health markers like white blood cell count and cholesterol, researchers discovered that single strands of DNA and RNA could fold into three-dimensional structures called aptamers that bind to specific molecules, a process made faster and simpler with the AM Biotechnologies kit.
Be First to Analyze New RNA-sequencing Data - NASA
Sep 12, 2024 · GeneLab’s Sample Processing Lab has generated 13 new RNA-sequencing datasets from spaceflight and spaceflight relevant ground studies. These datasets were generated with a consistent processing pipeline that was vetted by the GeneLab Analysis Working Groups.
RNA-Catalyzed Evolution | News - NASA Astrobiology
Researchers studying RNA enzymes that catalyzed the replication of other RNA enzymes demonstrated low-fidelity copying resulting in the loss of functional information (top), and high-fidelity copying enabling the evolution of fitter molecules (bottom).
FAQ-Total RNA-sequencing - NASA
Oct 28, 2024 · In conjunction with its Analysis Working Group and Steering Committee, GeneLab has developed the following standards for total RNA-sequencing. GeneLab recommends the …