Biochemistry – Page 19
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ResearchOpossum peptide antivenom could take on snake bites
An opossum serum protein that neutralises snake venom could offer a cheaper treatment for poisonous snake bites worldwide
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ResearchEnzyme selectivity switch to benefit infant formula production
Enzyme twins could be useful tools for studying and synthesising human milk oligosaccharides
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ResearchProgram ready to weed out tough drug leads
Model could help drug firms avoid synthetically complex dead ends and speed drug discovery
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ResearchComputational chemists unpick adenine–thymine bias
Quantum insights into mechanisms behind tautomer-driven DNA evolution
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ResearchPhotosynthesis takes the high road
Study aims for definitive answer to oxidation state questions in biological water splitting
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ResearchPheromone trap will not let the bed bugs bite
Bed bugs are attracted to chemicals in their own faeces, which could make infestations easier to spot
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ResearchProtein mutant libraries to probe diseases' genetic link quickly and cheaply
More than 90% of the potential individual amino acid mutations possible introduced into cancer-linked protein
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PodcastHuman growth hormone
Marketed as a path to eternal youth but banned in professional sports, Hayley Simon introduces human growth hormone
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ResearchNew test accelerates herpes detection
Peptide-coated superparamagnetic beads latch onto herpes simplex virus-1 in rapid diagnostic assay
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ResearchViruses melt ‘glassy’ DNA
Researchers have shown how viruses liquefy their own DNA ready to inject into host cells
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ResearchTiny tips reveal cells’ chemical secrets
Penetrating microprobe enables rapid mass spectrometry of single cells’ contents
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ResearchBreakup reaction hints at handedness of nature
Dissociation of 3-bromocamphor provides clues on why nature favours one mirror image of a molecule over another
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ResearchFaulty enzyme link offers new ways to fight Parkinson’s
Research links Parkinson’s disease to an enzyme that affects the functioning of mitochondria
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ResearchImmunocamouflage lets donor blood cells go undetected
A bio-inspired approach to creating universal red blood cells
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ResearchElemental discoveries at the cellular level
The concentrations of vital chemical elements in cancer cells has been mapped using a dual technique
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FeatureA fat lot of good
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
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