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Complex sugar-protein molecules that sense external messages to help a cell grow or respond to its environment can now be tracked and analysed, using a Nobel Prize-winning chemistry technique.

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Chemists Stuart Schreiber of Harvard University and Arena BioWorks and Peter Schultz of Scripps Research will split the 2025 Welch Award in Chemistry for their work in the field of chemical biology.

In August 2017, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) launched the Major Research Plan “Dynamic Modifications and Chemical Interventions of Biomacromolecules” (implementation period ...

A ring of beads connected to tentacles A modeling study shows how chemical reactions can stimulate motion in simple systems, like the structure here—made of enzyme coated beads connected to ...

Over the past decade, structural biology has been profoundly transformed by advances in computational power, algorithmic ...