The question of life's origin on Earth continues to surprise. A new study challenges an old idea: that a chemical reaction ...

New research suggests that the sugar ribose -- the “R” in RNA -- is probably found in comets and asteroids that zip through the solar system and may be more abundant throughout the universe ...

D-ribose supplements can offer health benefits for those with certain conditions like heart disease, fibromyalgia, or myoadenylate deaminase deficiency (MAD). More research is needed, but emerging ...

Possible health benefits of ribose supplements include improving athletic performance, reducing symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and supporting overall cardiovascular health.

Space rocks that fell to Earth contain ribose, an essential molecule for life’s genetic machinery, and other related sugars. The finding, reported online November 18 in Proceedings of the ...

The simple sugar ribose — a crucial piece of the molecular machinery inside cells — can form on a blend of ices that have been blasted with ultraviolet radiation, chemist Cornelia Meinert of ...

D-ribose, a distinctive kind of sugar inborn in the human body, plays a significant role in creating ATP – the main energy source for our cells. As we grow older, the production of D-ribose ...

Study: Salvage of ribose from uridine or RNA supports glycolysis in nutrient-limited conditions. Image Credit: Irina Anosova/Shutterstock.com In the absence of glucose or its limited availability ...

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) are involved a number of cellular processes, including DNA repair, the regulation of transcription, apoptosis and necrosis. PARP activation initiates an energy ...

Here we introduce ribose-seq: a technique for mapping rNMPs in genomic DNA. Figure 2: Distribution of rNMP incorporation in the S. cerevisiae genome. Figure 3: Identity and sequence contexts of ...

In some good news for nearly half the world's men, scientists have found that a naturally occurring sugar in humans and animals could be harnessed as a topical treatment for male pattern baldness.