Biochemistry – Page 17

Research
Enzyme selectivity switch to benefit infant formula production

2015-03-16T00:00:00Z

Enzyme twins could be useful tools for studying and synthesising human milk oligosaccharides
Research
Program ready to weed out tough drug leads

2015-03-04T00:00:00Z

Model could help drug firms avoid synthetically complex dead ends and speed drug discovery
Research
Computational chemists unpick adenine–thymine bias

2015-03-04T00:00:00Z

Quantum insights into mechanisms behind tautomer-driven DNA evolution
Podcast
RNA

2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

RNA may be less famous than it’s more stable cousin, but is central to cellular function
Research
Photosynthesis takes the high road

2015-02-04T00:00:00Z

Study aims for definitive answer to oxidation state questions in biological water splitting
Research
Pheromone trap will not let the bed bugs bite

2015-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bed bugs are attracted to chemicals in their own faeces, which could make infestations easier to spot
Research
Protein mutant libraries to probe diseases' genetic link quickly and cheaply

2015-01-12T00:00:00Z

More than 90% of the potential individual amino acid mutations possible introduced into cancer-linked protein
Podcast
Human growth hormone

2014-10-29T00:00:00Z

Marketed as a path to eternal youth but banned in professional sports, Hayley Simon introduces human growth hormone
Research
New test accelerates herpes detection

2014-10-16T00:00:00Z

Peptide-coated superparamagnetic beads latch onto herpes simplex virus-1 in rapid diagnostic assay
Research
Viruses melt ‘glassy’ DNA

2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

Researchers have shown how viruses liquefy their own DNA ready to inject into host cells
Research
Tiny tips reveal cells’ chemical secrets

2014-09-30T00:00:00Z

Penetrating microprobe enables rapid mass spectrometry of single cells’ contents
Research
Breakup reaction hints at handedness of nature

2014-09-25T00:00:00Z

Dissociation of 3-bromocamphor provides clues on why nature favours one mirror image of a molecule over another
Review
Bioinorganic chemistry

2014-08-07T00:00:00Z

Chemistry or biology?
Research
Faulty enzyme link offers new ways to fight Parkinson’s

2014-08-05T00:00:00Z

Research links Parkinson’s disease to an enzyme that affects the functioning of mitochondria
Research
Ants mix up ionic liquid

2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

An ionic liquid has been found in nature for the first time
Research
Immunocamouflage lets donor blood cells go undetected

2014-05-21T00:00:00Z

A bio-inspired approach to creating universal red blood cells
Research
Elemental discoveries at the cellular level

2014-05-12T00:00:00Z

The concentrations of vital chemical elements in cancer cells has been mapped using a dual technique
Feature
A fat lot of good

2014-05-02T00:00:00Z

Lipids have been the the poor relations of DNA and proteins for some time, but Philip Ball discovers that they are ready to take centre stage
Podcast
Ketamine

2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton explores a dance-scene drug that was designed for horses, ketamine
Feature
The art of alternatives

2014-01-16T00:00:00Z

Recent years have seen great advances in alternatives to animal tests, yet we still need a giant leap to full replacement, as Emma Davies reports