Scientists at California-based Codexis started working on mRNA technology years before the COVID-19 vaccines raised awareness of this approach. Despite the success of these vaccines, enzymes used to ...

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There are many chemical methods for adding medicinally helpful fluorinated alkyl groups onto molecules, but doing so with high stereoselectivity can be a challenge, especially at remote positions.

Enzyme engineering is a significant tool for fine-tuning enzymes to alter their stability, activity, and specificity. Enzymes are highly versatile macromolecular biological catalysts that can ...

Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and the Department of Chemistry at The University of Manchester have described a novel enzyme that could significantly change the way ...

In the 2001 'Amerithrax' attacks, anthrax-causing spores were sent through the mail to media outlets and members of Congress, sickening at least 22 people and killing five. Antibiotic-resistant ...

While corrosion resistance, durability and low cost make plastic a very efficient resource, one of its major drawbacks is the harm it poses to the environment. According to a report from Greenpeace ...

Reactions that can combine more than two molecular pieces in one go are a powerful way to build complexity quickly and save on costly isolation and purification. But the choreography for such a ...