Wesley Moran, an organic chemist at the University of Huddersfield, reported a misassigned seven-membered cyclic imino ether in 2015 (Org. Lett. 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00333).

The enzyme uracil DNA glycosylase does not actively extrude just the uracil base from the DNA helix to facilitate its removal; instead, transient, passive opening of thymine: adenine and uracil ...

Life exists on Earth because of a delicate combination of chemical ingredients. Using a theoretical model, Glaser is hypothesizing the existence of adenine in interstellar dust clouds.

Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failure in patients with diabetes, a finding that could lead to ...