. Scientific Frontline: Biochemistry
Showing posts with label Biochemistry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biochemistry. Show all posts
Saturday, March 14, 2026

How an alga makes the most of dim light

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Freshwater alga Trachydiscus minutus has a unique chlorophyll structure to capture far-red light   This single-celled alga harvests far-red ...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

How faulty mRNA is destroyed

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay (NMD) The C...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

UC Irvine chemists shed light on how age-related cataracts may begin

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Yeonseong (Catherine) Seo, Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry at UC Irvine, conducts protein unfolding experiments to probe how subtle chemical ch...

Experts uncover why cats are prone to kidney disease

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Shelby Photo Credit: Heidi-Ann Fourkiller Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Feline Chronic Kidney Disease Mec...

Blood clot sting in the tail of scorpion venom

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Arabian fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda) Photo Credit: Per-Anders Olsson ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Changes made: Enhanced and enlarged b...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Synthetic gene medicines may disrupt DNA repair

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Marianne Farnebo | Linn Hjelmgren Photo Credits Ulf Sirborn | Sandro Schmidli Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Ancient tooth proteins reveal the history of mass violence at an Iron Age burial site

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Mass Violence at an Iron Age Burial Site Main Dis...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

Scientists unlock a massive new ‘color palette’ for biomedical research by synthesizing non-natural amino acids

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Peptides have found use in over 80 drugs worldwide since insulin was first synthesized in the 1920s. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scie...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Exposing A Hidden Anchor For HIV Replication

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In a major advance, UD professor Juan Perilla (right) and doctoral student Juan S. Rey and their collaborators have revealed a known player’...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

UC Irvine scientists create powerful enzyme that quickly, accurately synthesizes RNA

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“This work shows that enzymes are far more adaptable than we once thought,” says study leader John Chaput, UC Irvine professor of pharmaceut...
Thursday, February 5, 2026

What Is: mRNA

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The Genetic Messenger Messenger RNA (mRNA) serves as the vital intermediary in the "central dogma" of molecular biology, bridging ...
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Biochemistry lab at IU Bloomington finds chemical solution for tackling antibiotic resistance

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“I love thinking outside the box when it comes to the antibiotic resistance problem,” said J.P. Gerdt, assistant professor of chemistry at I...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Shrinking Shellfish? Risks of Acidic Water in the Indian River Lagoon

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FAU researchers measured aragonite saturation – a key indicator of water’s ability to support calcifying organisms like clams and oysters – ...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Electrifying biology in a bubble

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Small, naturally occurring droplets could have accelerated the development of early life. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Fron...

Mitochondria as Control Centers of Cell Communication

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Anna Meichsner is investigating the role of mitochondria. Photo Credit: © RUB, Marquard Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summar...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Purdue team announces new therapeutic target for breast cancer

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Graduate student Addison Young (left) and Kyle Cottrell, assistant professor, both in Purdue’s department of biochemistry. Young and Cottrel...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Tapping the engines of cellular electrochemistry and forces of evolution

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Biological condensates are clumps of molecules that condense and scatter apart based on the surrounding chemical and electrical environment ...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Study Sheds Light on the Function of a Key Antibiotic-Producing Enzyme

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Researchers have successfully replaced a section of the antibiotic-synthesizing enzyme PikAIII-M5, advancing our understanding of its struct...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Breakthrough in RNA Research Could Lead to Treatment for Neuromuscular Disorders

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Danith Ly said this discovery paves the way for developing highly selective, structure-based RNA therapies with fewer side effects and broad...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Chemists determine the structure of the fuzzy coat that surrounds Tau proteins

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MIT chemists showed they can use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to decipher the structure of the fuzzy coat that surrounds Tau proteins. T...