The essential balance of redox reactions, protein synthesis and folding, protection of cell membranes, and integrity of genomic DNA depends on a handful of proteins called selenoproteins that include ...

The DNA that is central to life on our own planet may not be a given in the rest of the universe. All cellular life on Earth is based on DNA, which transfers information—about everything from hair ...

Biochemistry is a field of study where biology and chemistry overlap. Biochemists study living things in the same way biologists would, but their attention is focused on the molecular level. The ...