biochemistry

Synthetic DNA can pose significant biosecurity risks. Experts call for more screening by providers and institutions to mitigate security concerns.

By assigning sounds to the dynamic bonds within proteins, scientists gathered new insights on protein folding.

A team demonstrated that ultrasound waves improved motility in sperm.

A salivary protein in mosquitos can suppress host immune activity and aid viral transmission.

Mutations that loosen rigid proteins turbocharge their nuclear entry.

Jeff Nivala develops nanopore-based sequencing techniques to help advance proteomics. 

A new approach to sculpting human-like ears merges 3D printing, xenografts, and tissue engineering.

Synthetic biologists repurposed rarely used codons to install novel amino acids into proteins and expand the capabilities of protein engineering.

As a graduate student, Tharin Blumenschein learned that too much sodium hydroxide breaks down more than just bacterial cells.

The latest automated liquid handling robots are adaptable to numerous techniques for sample extraction, isolation, and purification. 

A new way of making aligned hydrogels better mimics materials in the body.

Biochemist Matthew Harrington investigates how bivalves produce underwater superglue.

Reactive oxygen species cause mutations to DNA bases that can lead to cancer, but the long-blamed mitochondria could have been wrongfully charged.

In plants, sugar transport and microbial community composition go hand in hand.