What are spherical nucleic acids (SNAs)? What do they consist of and how do they differ from linear nucleic acids? Spherical nucleic acids are structures that are made by taking a nanoparticle ...

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 ...

Dr. Chad Mirkin, Director of International Institute for Nanotechnology talks to News-Medical Life Science about the use of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) in vaccinations and treatments for disease, ...

As a molecular biologist, I always enjoy reading articles concerning DNA and RNA. Your excellent article in the April 3, 2023, issue of C&EN (page 18) titled “The Promise of Peptide Nucleic Acids” ...

ALTMANN (1889) suggested the term ‘nucleic acid’ for the acidic substance of high phosphorus content which Miescher had isolated from the nuclei of pus cells and fish spermatozoa. Nucleic acid was a ...

Discover the importance of nucleic acids for your health. Learn what foods are good sources of nucleic acids and how to incorporate them into your diet.

Currently, chemotherapy is still the main clinical treatment strategy for cancer. Although it has produced significant effects, chemotherapy also has a destructive effect on normal tissues and cells, ...

The chemical origin of life on Earth is a puzzle that scientists have been trying to piece together for decades. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain how life came to be and what chemical and ...

To obtain high-quality, purified nucleic acids, scientists can use several different methods, including phenol-chloroform extraction, cesium chloride/ethidium bromide (CsCl/EtBr) gradient ...

MicroGEM is a biotechnology company with the vision to democratize molecular biology through integration of sample preparation with advanced microfluidics. Our goal is to create portable devices that ...

The nucleic acid therapeutics market is growing due to rising genetic and chronic disease prevalence, expanding genomics R&D, ...

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied BioCode, a leader in molecular diagnostics panel testing, is excited to announce a significant enhancement to its BioCode ® Gastrointestinal Pathogen ...