Distinguished Professor and founding director of the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research (RCLR), George Carman, recently received the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's ...

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Frances Arnold's game-changing technique of "directed evolution" creates enzymes with unusual capabilities. Her own evolution made it possible.

Living cells are sustained by countless chemical reactions that must be carefully regulated to maintain internal order and ...

A team of biochemists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has developed a faster way to identify molecules in the lab that could lead to more effective pharmaceuticals. The discovery advances ...

A University of Queensland study has shown that a deadly scorpion's venom carries an extra biochemical sting that could be ...

Lactose intolerance occurs when the body lacks sufficient lactase enzyme to break down lactose. By adding lactase directly to milk, the sugar can be pre-digested into simpler sugars like glucose and ...

Researchers from the University of Cologne and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry show that the targeted interaction of two proteins ensures that a key control mechanism in the formation of ...

Researchers discovered that the mitochondrial MIM complex influences lipid droplet accumulation in yeast cells through ...

A study has shown a deadly scorpion’s venom carries an extra biochemical sting that could be used to guide future medical treatments and tests.