Despite limited research, proponents claim that foods rich in nucleic acids can offer a variety of benefits — from a stronger immune system to improved digestion and quicker muscle recovery (2).

“It’s combining two distinct fields, peptides and nucleic acids,” says Dan Appella, a chemist at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Today, one PNA drug is ...

Biomedical researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new, less expensive way to detect nuclease digestion – one of the critical steps in many nucleic acid sensing ...