Biosensors are helping people with chronic conditions worldwide live better lives. However, their measurement accuracy has ...

Researchers find high-fat diets set off metabolic dysfunction in cells, leading to weight gain, but these effects can be reversed by treatment with an antioxidant. Consuming a high-fat diet can lead ...

The evolutionary success of our species may have hinged on minute changes to our brain biochemistry after we diverged from the lineage leading to Neanderthals and Denisovans about half a million years ...

Uruguayan scientists have transformed an enzyme from Antarctica into an active ingredient for younger, healthier skin.

High-resolution structures explain the mechanism of human PNPase and provide insights into mutations causing hereditary ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

An enzyme found in papaya could lead to new medicines: a scientific review reveals the surprising pharmaceutical potential of ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

The Liu lab is using a first-of-its-kind platform to reveal how the enzyme that turns DNA (violet) into RNA (red) controls ...

Millipedes defend themselves with hydrogen cyanide, like some plants & insects, but new research shows they evolved this ...

Biochemistry has been a core component of Purdue University and the College of Agriculture since 1934. Our graduate students experience a rigorous and creative research environment in which they can ...