Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

This description included the final step of their synthesis — the conjugation of the amino acids taurine or glycine by our liver. Almost a century later, our discovery has revealed that the ...

Amino acids are small molecules that are the building blocks of proteins. Proteins serve as structural support inside the cell and they perform many vital chemical reactions. Each protein is a ...

Researchers have found more than 20 different amino acids, the building blocks of life, in soil samples Japan’s Hayabusa 2 space probe brought back from the asteroid Ryugu, according to sources.