Years of toil in the laboratory have revealed how a marine bacterium makes a potent anti-cancer molecule. The anti-cancer molecule salinosporamide A, also called Marizomb, is in Phase III clinical ...

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

The controversial process of enhanced enzyme diffusion could enable living systems to resist local equilibrium ...

Deep in our cells, a wide range of processes are occurring constantly. These cellular processes rely on enzymes to act as catalysts and set off a series of molecular interactions. There are still many ...

Clascoterone (cortexolone 17α-propionate) is a first-in-class topical anti-androgen approved in 2020 for the treatment of acne in patients aged 12 years and older. It works by blocking androgen ...

Spreading lime on an Dales dillower meadow to increase the soils fertility. Yorkshire Dales, UK. (Photo by: Farm Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) A new U.K. trial has started to speed ...

German biotech company e-LEcta reveals that a “successful cooperation” with an unnamed sweetener supplier has enabled it to expand production of a zero-calorie, plant-based sweetener in a move that it ...

If the household cleaner emits a lemon-like odour, this may be due to a nitrile called citronellyl nitrile. These versatile chemical nitrile groups are also used in the manufacture of active ...