Podcast

Allicin

2019-11-15T15:59:00Z

It helps prevent garlic plants from marauding insects and should have prevented the Hindenburg disaster – Mike Freemantle on allicin and the smell of freshly crushed garlic

Opinion

(+)-Microladallene B

2019-06-21T09:27:00Z

A weird structure is enough to spark chemists’ interest, even without any obvious use

Research

Drug precursor made by solar-powered cyborg yeast

2018-11-16T10:23:00Z

Indium phosphide nanoparticles supply electrons for shikimic acid synthesis

Research

Novel fatty acids have exceptional lubricant potential

2018-09-07T14:30:00Z

Chinese oilseed plant offers opportunities for industry

Research

Bacteria churn out a million potential protein drugs

2018-03-19T08:47:00Z

Modified bacteria produce enormous library of macrocycles, one of which inhibits a HIV protein

Research

Bacteria seeded with synthetic pathways

2016-04-22T00:00:00Z

Living factories provide alternative to complicated chemical syntheses or farming hectares of crops

Feature

Molecule-making microbes

2015-11-13T00:00:00Z

Extracting terpene drugs from plants is difficult and wasteful, so pharma companies are looking to biosynthesis, as Emiliano Feresin discovers

Research

How could a tree make tramadol?

2015-08-26T00:00:00Z

Contemplating nature’s biosynthetic abilities

News

Opiate-producing yeast raises spectre of 'home-brewed heroin'

2015-05-18T00:00:00Z

Warnings that completion of final steps in opiate biosynthesis could be a double-edged sword

Opinion

Synthetic biology is bursting with life

2013-09-04T00:00:00Z

Synthetic biology is shifting into high gear. To truly thrive, it needs chemists, says Mark Peplow