Structural findings reveal how distinct GPCR ligands create different levels of activation

G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are proteins triggered by ligands (protein-binding chemicals) from outside cells to ...

Scientists chart over 140,000 DNA loops to map human chromosomes in the nucleus

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...
The Boston Globe

James D. Watson, Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of the DNA molecule’s structure, dies at 97

James D. Watson, whose role as co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 made him one of the key figures in the rise of molecular biology as well as the obvious choice to be first ...
ahajournals.org

Abstract Sun1004: A Synthetic Small Molecule Efficiently Sequesters Carbon Monoxide from Hemoglobin and Red Blood Cells In Vitro

Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is the most common human poisoning and a major cause of death and disability with over 50,000 cases annually in the U.S. Currently, no antidote is approved ...
New Scientist

Google says its quantum computer can reveal the structure of molecules

Researchers at Google Quantum AI have used their Willow quantum computer to help interpret data from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a mainstay of chemistry and biology research. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Architects of a New Kind of Molecular Structure Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Members of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry hold a model of a metal-organic framework during the 2025 prize announcement in Stockholm on October 8. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP via Getty Images Three ...
The Baltimore Sun

New protein reverses carbon monoxide poisoning

A new engineered molecule shows promise as an antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning with fewer side effects than other remedies currently being tested, according to research from the University of ...
Indian Defence Review

66 Million Years Later, Hemoglobin Is Still Trapped in Dinosaur Bones — and It’s Rewriting Fossil Science

These results, recently published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A, reinforce decades of controversial research into soft tissue preservation and add a new layer of chemical understanding to ...
AOL

Major breakthrough unlocks scalable artificial blood production

This includes making genes concerned with energy use and chromatin structure more active. If CXCR4 is removed from the cells, red blood cell development stops at subsequent stages, and bone marrow ...
Indian Defence Review

Scientists Uncover Ancient Hemoglobin in 70 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossils

To understand how hemoglobin remnants from dinosaurs can survive for millions of years, it is essential to first grasp the technique that made this discovery possible: Resonance Raman (RR) ...
The Conversation

Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret

Caroline Lynn Kamerlin receives funding from the NASA Exobiology program. Liam Longo receives funding from the NASA Exobiology program. The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are ...