Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and offers a sustainable and potentially carbon-neutral alternative to petroleum products. Yet production costs remain a hurdle to its widespread use. Now, researchers have developed an inexpensive ...
Biochemistry
Mar 25, 2026
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Amino acids are like Lego blocks—they can be linked together to form complex structures called proteins. Unlike Legos, however, there are only 20 different types of amino acids available to build a protein. Proteins depend ...
Biochemistry
Mar 24, 2026
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Researchers from Leiden University, University of York, University of Barcelona/IQTCUB/ICREA and The Francis Crick Institute report a new class of experimental compounds that powerfully block influenza viruses. The findings ...
Biochemistry
Mar 24, 2026
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RIKEN chemists have demonstrated a method to synthesize organic compounds that contain the element boron. Organoboron compounds are used in a wide range of drugs, including those for treating cancer, fungal infections and ...
Biochemistry
Mar 24, 2026
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Every minute, nearly 500 antibiotic prescriptions are written in the U.S. Many of these drugs succeed, but more are being outmaneuvered by resistant bacteria. This can lead to tragic results, like the death of one Nevada ...
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2026
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a boron-catalyzed method to transform oxetanes, which are small four-membered ring molecules, into larger, medicinally relevant 1,3-oxazinanes by ...
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2026
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Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy platform that can identify tiny structural differences in oligosaccharides without fluorescent labels. The method can distinguish ...
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2026
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The building blocks of proteins, amino acids, are essential for all living things. Twenty different amino acids build the thousands of proteins that carry out biological tasks. While some are made naturally in our bodies, ...
Biochemistry
Mar 20, 2026
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In a new study, scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Manchester report that a specially engineered enzyme can significantly speed up the breakdown of PET—the plastic used in water bottles, food packaging and ...
Biochemistry
Mar 20, 2026
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Rendering a drug effective or ineffective in a flash at the appropriate location—this is the focus of research in photopharmacology. The goal is to develop drugs that can be switched on and off with light of a specific wavelength. ...
Biochemistry
Mar 19, 2026
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