In a breakthrough that defies nature, Northwestern University and Stanford University synthetic biologists have created a new ...

A research team at Leibniz-HKI has described a new enzyme that renders the highly toxic molecule malleicyprol harmless.

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Scientists build a synthetic metabolism that converts CO2-derived formate into valuable chemicals outside living cells.

Aptamer Group plc, a developer of synthetic oligonucleotide-based binding reagents for life sciences applications, and ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of antiviral drugs works.

Natural biological systems cannot efficiently convert waste CO₂ or its derivatives into useful building-block chemicals at a scale that can keep pace with rising atmospheric carbon. Engineer a fully ...

Study uncovers key insights about how a new class of antiviral drugs works. Cryo-EM images showed the drugs bound to herpes simplex virus (HSV) protein at nearly atomic detail, while optical tweezers ...

At the same table, with the same drinks, women often get drunk faster than men — and alcohol can affect women's brains ...

As a proof of concept, the engineers then used the same system to convert acetyl-CoA into malate, a commercially valuable ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say results of a new study are advancing efforts to exploit a new target for Alzheimer's ...