A collaborative research team has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism of action of yaku'amide B, a structurally complex peptidic natural product derived from deep-sea sponge found in the waters ...

Biochemistry is the study of the structure and function of biological molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids. Biochemistry is also used to describe techniques suited to ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than ...

Microbes that flourish in boiling hydrothermal vents, bone-dry desert sediments, and radiation-blasted Antarctic rock are forcing scientists to rethink where life can and cannot exist. These ...