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Scientists have discovered that a sample of the Ryugu asteroid collected by Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft contains the nucleobases adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil, the building blocks of DNA and RNA upon which all life is based.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Temozolomide—the standard of care for glioblastoma—works by depositing a methyl group onto the DNA of cells, specifically on guanine, one of DNA’s four base molecules.
—Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Those rungs are made up of pairs of four different chemical building blocks, called bases — adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine (A,T,C and G).
—F.d. Flam, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
Adenine always pairs with thymine, and guanine always pairs with cytosine.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Temozolomide—the standard of care for glioblastoma—works by depositing a methyl group onto the DNA of cells, specifically on guanine, one of DNA’s four base molecules.
—Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
Those rungs are made up of pairs of four different chemical building blocks, called bases — adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine (A,T,C and G).
—F.d. Flam, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
Adenine always pairs with thymine, and guanine always pairs with cytosine.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Guanine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guanine. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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