When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

They play a crucial role in the structure, function, and regulation of the body's tissues and organs. Amino acids are characterized by their central carbon atom, known as the α-carbon, which is bonded ...

Chemically, an amino acid is a molecule that has a carboxylic acid group and an amine group that are each attached to a carbon atom called the α carbon. Each of the 20 amino acids has a specific ...

Originally, many of the sample types analyzed in the lab were mollusks, but now include bird eggshells, algal remains, synthetic amino acids, and more. Originally, many of the sample types analyzed in ...

Kyowa Hakko Bio is selling its amino acid businesses, including Cape Girardeau's BioKyowa facility, to China's MEIHUA. The transition promises job stability and unchanged production levels for the U.S ...

(Hint: It’s a lot.) A biggie as of late? Amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. The 11 amino acids our bodies synthesize are called “nonessential,” but we need nine others (k ...

Samples from the asteroid Bennu contain the building blocks of life as we know it. Scientists are enthusiastic.

Researchers are most interested in adding functional molecules to the N-terminus, or the end of a peptide with a free amine ...