Biochemistry – Page 12
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Opinion
Frances Arnold: 'I wanted to become an engineer of the biological world'
This revolutionary engineer loves to walk, travel, and learn from nature
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Opinion
Powers of prediction
If the terrifyingly difficult problem of protein folding is getting closer to a solution, what other intractable problems are ripe for answering?
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Feature
Go with the fold
From a seemingly impossible problem a few years ago, some researchers think that predicting the folded structures of protein could be solved pretty soon. James Mitchell Crow reports
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Research
Bacteria churn out a million potential protein drugs
Modified bacteria produce enormous library of macrocycles, one of which inhibits a HIV protein
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Podcast
The Element in the Room by Steve Mould and Helen Arney – Book club
Helen Arney and Steve Mould take us on a DIY journey through science
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Podcast
Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine – Book club
Cordelia Fine explores the myriad myths about surrounding equality
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Podcast
More Molecules of Murder by John Emsley – Book club
John Emsley returns with a new batch of deadly compounds
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Podcast
Methaemoglobin and diaphorase 1
Kat Arney discovers the biological chemistry behind a colourful blood disorder
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News
Explainer: non-alcoholic beer and wine
For Dry January and beyond, drinkers are thirsty for beers and wines that don’t get you drunk
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Feature
Carolyn Bertozzi
One-time heavy rocker Carolyn Bertozzi has made a name for herself with hit papers and sound science. Sarah Houlton charts her path to success
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Opinion
Snapshots of life’s dancers
We need to stop viewing proteins as static and embrace their dynamism
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Feature
From venoms to medicine
Venoms are a treasure trove of peptides that may provide a bounty of novel painkillers
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Feature
Beer: Music to your taste buds
Andy Extance goes on tour in the UK and Belgium and compares the science behind the different processes used by craft and mass brewers
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Podcast
A Crack in Creation by Jennifer Doudna – Book club
The development of Crispr, and the ethical questions raised by new genome editing techniques