Results of a new NSF-supported study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Swansea University Medical School increase our
Category: Enzymes
‘Submarines’ small enough to deliver medicine inside human body
Cancers in the human body may one day be treated by tiny, self-propelled ‘micro-submarines’ delivering medicine to affected organs after
Plant discovery opens frontiers
University of Adelaide researchers have discovered a biochemical mechanism fundamental to plant life that could have far-reaching implications for the
Researchers identify molecules that rein in CRISPR systems
Scientists have identified the first chemical compounds able to inhibit and regulate CRISPR systems, which could ultimately make CRISPR gene-editing
Screening for genes to improve protein production in yeast
By silencing genes, researchers have managed to increase the protein production in yeast significantly. This method can lay the grounds
How Colon Cancer Unfolds in the Body
‘Protein whisperers’ create a new line of sight into the deadly disease PNNL scientists and colleagues have taken one of
How bacteria build an enzyme that destroys climate-changing laughing gas
New research from the University of East Anglia reveals how soil bacteria build the only known enzyme for the destruction
Specialist enzymes make E. coli antibiotic resistant at low pH
Scientists long puzzled over why bacteria contain so many “redundant” enzymes. Why make several molecules that do the same job,
Designing a Key to Unlock Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease affects more than 5 million people on Earth. Research on the International Space Station could provide insight into
Model learns how individual amino acids determine protein function
A machine-learning model from MIT researchers computationally breaks down how segments of amino acid chains determine a protein’s function, which
