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Biphenomycin biosynthetic pathway decoded, opening door to new antibiotic development
Biphenomycins, natural products derived from bacteria, show excellent antimicrobial activity, but have long remained out of reach for drug development. The main obstacle was the limited understanding of how these compounds ...
Biochemistry
Dec 11, 2025
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Simulation may illuminate safer cannabinoid drugs
New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may still have pharmaceutical value if researchers could nail down the causes of those side effects. A ...
Biochemistry
Dec 10, 2025
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Oxygen scavenger doubles biosensor accuracy for medical and agricultural uses
Biosensors are helping people with chronic conditions worldwide live better lives. However, their measurement accuracy has often been relatively low, limiting the range of possible applications. Researchers at the Technical ...
Biochemistry
Dec 10, 2025
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Magnetic liposomes reveal sugar–protein binding patterns in solution
Polydopamine-coated magnetic liposomes offer insight into the lectin–glycan interactions in motion. By observing minute changes in the rotational motion of magnetic nanoparticles under alternating magnetic field, the technique ...
Biochemistry
Dec 9, 2025
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A new way to analyze copper chelators for potential Alzheimer's therapy
It is widely known that Alzheimer's disease is mainly associated with the overproduction of β-amyloid peptides and damage caused by oxidative stress.
Biochemistry
Dec 9, 2025
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Like living cells, oil-in-water droplets form 'arms' in response to their environment
Oil-in-water droplets respond to chemical cues by forming arm-like extensions that resemble filopodia, which are used by living cells to sense and explore their environment.
Biochemistry
Dec 9, 2025
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Decoding the chemistry of life: Maximum entropy reveals how mutations alter enzymes and drive drug resistance
For decades, Arieh Warshel, USC Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a 2013 Nobel laureate, has used computer simulations to understand how enzymes—fundamental to nearly every biological process in living organisms—carry ...
Biochemistry
Dec 9, 2025
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Older chemical libraries show promise for fighting resistant strains of COVID-19 virus
SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to mutate, with some newer strains becoming less responsive to current antiviral treatments like Paxlovid. Now, University of California San Diego scientists and an ...
Biochemistry
Dec 8, 2025
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Novel compound attacks tuberculosis bacteria's ATP synthase, showing promise against drug resistance
Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a promising new substance for targeting bacteria that cause tuberculosis. The team have produced a compound that inhibits the pathogens' ability ...
Biochemistry
Dec 8, 2025
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Scientists enhance the flavor of carob-based chocolate alternatives with novel methods
With climate change and higher incidences of crop diseases, global cocoa production and supply is being threatened. A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS), motivated by these reports, set out to enhance ...
Biochemistry
Dec 8, 2025
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Copper-64 isotope made easier: Recoil chemistry could lower medical imaging costs
The copper isotope Cu-64 plays an important role in medicine: It is used in imaging processes and also shows potential for cancer therapy. However, it does not occur naturally and must be produced artificially—a complex ...
Biochemistry
Dec 5, 2025
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Catalyst insight may unlock safer, on-demand ozone water disinfection
University of Pittsburgh researchers have made an important step toward providing hospitals and water treatment facilities with a safer, greener alternative to chlorine-based disinfection.
Biochemistry
Dec 4, 2025
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Fullerenes could improve MRI clarity by enabling more efficient dynamic nuclear polarization
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is invaluable in the medical world. But despite all the good it does, there is room for improvement. One way to enhance the sensitivity of MRI is dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), where ...
Biochemistry
Dec 4, 2025
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Chemists pioneer light-driven macrolactone synthesis for fast route to complex natural compound
Macrolactones—large ring lactones—are core components of many natural products and pharmaceutical agents. Traditional synthetic routes rely on seco acids activated with condensing reagents, often requiring harsh conditions ...
Biochemistry
Dec 3, 2025
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Chemists synthesize a fungal compound that holds promise for treating brain cancer
For the first time, MIT chemists have synthesized a fungal compound known as verticillin A, which was discovered more than 50 years ago and has shown potential as an anticancer agent.
Biochemistry
Dec 3, 2025
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Antibiotics could trigger immune response through gut microbiome metabolites
The microbes inside our bodies not only help break down food but also impact our health. Yet their precise influence is not always understood, especially in the presence of prescription drugs.
Biochemistry
Dec 3, 2025
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Fish freshness easily monitored with a new sensor
To see if a fish is fresh, people recommend looking at its eyes and gills or giving it a sniff. But a more accurate check for food quality and safety is to look for compounds that form when decomposition starts.
Biochemistry
Dec 3, 2025
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Tracking forever chemicals across food web shows not all isomers are distributed equally
When University at Buffalo chemists analyzed samples of water, fish, and bird eggs, they weren't surprised to find plenty of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). After all, these "forever chemicals" turn up nearly ...
Biochemistry
Dec 2, 2025
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Chance discovery converts toxic nitric oxide into nitrogen gas at room temperature
Nitrogen is a crucial component of proteins and nucleic acids, the fundamental building blocks of all living things, and thus is essential to life on Earth. Gaseous N2 from the atmosphere can be fixed by soil bacteria capable ...
Biochemistry
Dec 2, 2025
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From pine chips to pharmaceuticals: Lignin upcycled into amides using reusable catalyst
An international research team from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) has developed a novel, environmentally friendly process for producing high-quality amides from the plant substance lignin—important building ...
Biochemistry
Dec 1, 2025
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