Chemists have long had a fascination with controlling and extending nature's biosynthetic dexterity. The emergence in the 1980s of combinatorial chemistry as a way to rapidly and efficiently produce ...

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark ...

The crucial step of cyclisation to nepetalactol — the basic structure of all iridoids — was still missing. Sarah O'Connor, head of the Natural Product Biosynthesis Department at the Max Planck ...

A comprehensive framework for utilizing G. lingzhi as a medicinal model mushroom, integrating multi-omics technologies, molecular mechanisms, and practical applications. T2T: telomere to telomere; MVA ...

Protein biosynthesis (Synthesis) is the process in which cells build proteins. The term is sometimes used to refer only to protein translation but more often it refers to a multi-step process, ...

Reviewed by Michael Greenwood, M.Sc. Cholesterol is a multi-functional lipid that has been studied heavily for many years. It is essential to several aspects of neuronal, immune, hepatocyte (liver) ...

Together with the organizing committee and the Royal Society of Chemistry, I would like to extend a warm invitation to join us in Manchester from 29 June to 1 July 2026 for the next edition of the ...

Polymers are one of the most important elements of modern-day society, particularly in the form of plastics. Unfortunately most common polymers are derived from fossil resources, which not only makes ...

Until now, a crucial step in the biosynthesis of iridoids, a class of plant defense substances that are also medically relevant, had remained undiscovered. A team from the Max Planck Institute for ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers' blood during pregnancy are ...

Serotonin is an example of a monoamine neurotransmitter, a chemical messenger that is passed between nerve cells. This hormone is mainly found in the gastrointestinal tract, the platelets and the ...