Merck & Co. scientists use a suite of enzymes to manufacture the cholesterol-lowering drug candidate enlicitide ...
Chemists and chemical biologists just keep dreaming up new ways to interfere with biomolecules. That research frequently leads to promising potential medicines, and there are more and more flavors of ...
Researchers have decoded the genetic blueprint of Penicillium citrinum, a common citrus mold, to uncover how nature produces cyclopentachromone -- a key building block for bioactive compounds with ...
The ideal therapy for a disease works exclusively at the site of the disease. But when it comes to the brain, which is wrapped in a protective barrier and contains thousands of different cell types, ...
Scientists at the University of Münster report a major advance in light-powered chemistry for housane molecules on May 20, ...
Much of the world we see around us is made up of complicated molecules. If you go to the store, virtually everything you see—every bottle of nail polish, every bag of lawn fertilizer, and every ...
In the high-stakes world of drug discovery, building a new medicine is a lot like microscopic architecture. To create the next breakthrough antibiotic or brain-targeting therapy, chemists must snap ...