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Biochemistry
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Nobel prizewinner who transformed cancer therapies with research into brain hormones
Credit: Keystone/Zuma Press/Alamy Andrew V. Schally’s most enduring legacy lies in his groundbreaking discovery of brain hormones that…
Turning a scientific lens on the wonderful world of fungi
Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind: In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms Richard Fortey William Collins (2024) Richard Fortey,…
Mutant-selective AKT inhibition through lysine targeting and neo-zinc chelation
Carpten, J. D. et al. A transforming mutation in the pleckstrin homology domain of AKT1 in cancer. Nature…
Cell membranes shaped and cut by phase-separated liquid protein condensates
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 30 October 2024 Intricate molecular machineries, such as the ESCRT protein complexes, are well known for…
flickering fluorophores reveal biochemistry in cells
A molecular-tracking technique called PAPA-fSMT uses fluorescent tags to study protein complexes in the cell.Credit: Getty Living cells…
enzyme structures offer clues to microtubule control
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 11 September 2024 Cellular structural filaments called microtubules are made up of units of tubulin proteins.…
Carbenes in Space? New Discovery Could Explain Life’s Cosmic Origins
Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new method for producing carbenes, specifically hydroxymethylene, by using…
Inner membrane turns inside out to exit mitochondrial organelles
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02528-w How do mitochondrial organelles remove damaged parts of inner membrane for…
New Study Unfolds the Electric Mystery of Peptides
Electron transport, the energy-generating process inside living cells that enables photosynthesis and respiration, is enhanced in peptides with…
A joint bacterial effort to produce vitamin B<sub>12</sub>
Nature, Published online: 31 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02474-7 Vitamin B12 consists of two molecular components and has been thought…