Previous attempts at building a chemical computer have been too simple, too rigid or too hard to scale, but an approach based ...

One of the most common genetic diseases, AATD, involves the retention of misfolded alpha 1 antitrypsin (AAT) in hepatocytes, ...

GenAI models have revolutionized bioinformatics applications by learning from massive biological datasets, genomic sequences, protein structures, and single-cell transcriptomes, without requiring ...

The ability to respond to changing surroundings was once considered exclusive to complex living organisms. Then came ...

Plastics can be difficult to recycle. Could a recently discovered enzyme help? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. Plastic pollution is a problem we’ve discussed before on ...

Sir2, an enzyme belonging to sirtuins, has been effectively involved in the deacetylation of proteins. A tandem allosteric effect of reactant and product is responsible for the efficient deacetylation ...

Researchers have discovered that the enzyme NUDT5 utilizes its structure to exercise metabolic control over a key pathway in ...

Glycans are important complex carbohydrates found on cell surfaces that serve crucial roles in cell-to-cell communication, structure, and protection.

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have ...