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When it comes to supplying their purine needs, cancer cells may use salvaged metabolites, according to a study in mice. 

The discovery could add weight to the hypothesis that the building blocks of life on Earth originally came from space, but some scientists note the possibility of contamination.

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The discovery that the adenosine derivative aids self-replication adds weight to the theory that life on Earth originated from a mixture of RNA molecules.

All life on Earth uses a genetic code based on four nucleotides. Now, scientists have created one with eight.

The new technique uses an enzyme found in vertebrate immune systems to attach nucleotides to a growing strand.  

With the arrival of a new class of single-nucleotide editors, researchers can target the most common type of pathogenic SNP in humans.

Cancer cells exhibit altered metabolic processes that may serve as promising targets for new therapies.

How cancer cells fuel their rapid growth

Artificial bases that act like the real deal can be designed to bind specifically to tumor cells.

Leonard Lerman, who helped elucidate the process from gene to protein, passed away last month at age 87.

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