DNA and RNA use the same five-carbon sugar, ribose, in their structure. The deoxy- means that on one side of the base pair, there's a place where another base pair can attach itself by way of a ...
But scientists are beavering away to find yet more remedies for hair loss. A study in mice was testing a naturally occurring sugar in humans and animals called 2-deoxy-D-ribose (2dDR) for its ability ...