A single type of chemical structure that shows up again and again in modern medicine is the amide bond that links a carbonyl ...

Researchers at TU Graz and the University of Graz can use the technology to construct artificial biocatalysts. These new enzymes are significantly faster, more stable and more versatile than previous ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed software that reduces the time needed ...

The tiny shell protecting the HIV virus resembles a slightly rounded ice cream cone, but there is nothing sweet about it. More than 40 million people worldwide live with AIDS because of this virus, ...

Scientists call this speck LUCA — the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Since the concept of LUCA first emerged, it has ...

Among the two types of juicers coldpressed vs centrifugal, here are 3 models from each that vary in design and power, yet are efficient enough to extract juices from fruits and vegetables easily, read ...

We introduce a method of in vitro recombination or “DNA shuffling” to generate libraries of evolved enzymes. The approach relies on the ordering, trimming, and joining of randomly cleaved parental DNA ...

Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For example, they make it possible to synthesise chemicals in a more ...

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A team of scientists has uncovered a critical mechanism that could pave the way for safer and more effective obesity ...

A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that an ...