Month: March 2008

The thousands of proteins found in nature are simply strings of amino acids, assembled by…

More than a decade after national guidelines were issued for asthma treatment, some patients still…

Scientists are reporting discovery of a new method that will enable manufacturers to produce industrial-size…

Since the approval of a vaccine against pneumococcal bacteria for young children in 2000, rates…

Chemists have created “designer enzymes” — a major milestone in computational chemistry and protein engineering….

A diet rich in the vitamin folate may protect men against producing abnormal sperm, a…

Emotions play an important role in the lives of humans, and influence our behavior, thoughts,…

Gene therapy is a promising experimental technique for the prevention and treatment of disease. Now…