Biochemistry – Page 8
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NewsOxford University to open antimicrobial research centre after £100m donation from Ineos
Petrochemical giant highlights dangers of antibiotic resistance
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NewsDecoding the virus – what we know about Sars-CoV-2 a year on
Scientists have never learnt so much about a pathogen in such a short time
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ResearchGoogle’s AI aces protein prediction competition
Deep-learning network AlphaFold2’s perfomance at predicting how proteins fold has caused great excitement in the scientific community
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FeatureHow does a cell know what kind of cell it should be?
Philip Ball investigates how cells use condensed ‘blobs’ to collect the molecules involved in regulating genes
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NewsFirst draft of the human proteome created
High quality data for more than 90% of the proteins in the body will aid medical research
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ResearchEntirely new way of sensing iron discovered in bacteria
Novel class of riboswitches can directly and selectively sense iron
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FeatureEngineering a handshake for proteins
Once considered undruggable, chemists are beginning to grasp protein–protein interactions, according to Ian Le Guillou
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ResearchFast-acting insecticide polymorph could boost malaria-control efforts
Recrystallised deltamethrin accelerates uptake in mosquitoes
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FeatureHow Crispr went from niche to Nobel
Katrina Kramer tells the story of how Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna developed the gene editing tool that won them the 2020 Nobel prize in chemistry
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NewsExplainer: What is Crispr and why did it win the Nobel prize?
The science behind the prize-winning gene editing tool that could change our lives
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NewsCrispr–Cas9 gene-editing inventors win chemistry Nobel prize
2020 chemistry award goes to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier
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FeatureArtificial enzymes: catalysis by design
Enzymes are nature’s ultimate catalysts and chemists are now on the verge of making their own versions from scratch
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FeatureArtificial photosynthesis: solar water splitting
The chemistry to mimic ones of nature’s greatest feats still has some hurdles to overcome
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FeatureUnnatural selection in chemical systems
Great strides have been made in the lab with chemical systems that ape life’s behaviour
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ResearchFruit flies’ protective corneal coatings reproduced
Anti-reflective and anti-adhesive nano-coating that covers the eyes of insects could find uses in medical implants and contact lenses
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ResearchAntiaromaticity relief mechanism linked to DNA photostability
Textbook organic chemistry concepts bring new understanding to protective biological mechanisms
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OpinionEdgar Cahoon: ‘There is still so much basic knowledge to learn’
The biochemist and plant scientist talks about growing up on a dairy farm in Eastern Virginia, gardening, biking and Cornhusker football
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ResearchTranslating snail venom research from beach to bench and beyond
Meet Mandë Holford, an interdisciplinary scientist following tangents that arise when exploring the molecular-level workings of venom peptides