The study claims the deoxy ribose sugar proved as successful as minoxidil at regrowing hair, with both between 80 and 90 ...

Later it was found that the sugar in nucleic acid can be ribose or deoxyribose, giving two forms: RNA and DNA. In 1943, American Oswald Avery proved that DNA carries genetic information.

Each ribonucleotide base consists of a ribose sugar, a phosphate group ... Additionally, RNA contains ribose sugars rather than deoxyribose sugars, which makes RNA more unstable and more prone ...