We hear about the moment Dr Max Perutz discovered the haemoglobin structure. Our expert is Professor Sir Alan Fersht, who is a chemist at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology ...

For the first time, he could see what a molecule of haemoglobin looked like in 3D. Using lectures and programmes from the BBC archive, Josephine McDermott tells the story of how his fellow ...

It also helps to keep moisture from evaporating into the atmosphere, which keeps the skin hydrated. The stratum corneum often is described as having a brick-and-mortar type of structure. In this ...

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Haemoglobin is an iron-rich protein found in red blood cells that transports oxygen throughout the body. When haemoglobin levels decline, they may induce fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath ...

Rhinesmith, S. H., Schroeder, W. A., and Pauling, L., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 79, 4682 (1957).

so having the cryo-EM structure was very helpful," Yeo said. "It was stunning to see the direct overlay of the small molecule and these cancer mutations, which we could not have imagined without ...

Biology+ Joint Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China ...

Double ionization occurs when an atom or molecule is subjected to enough energy, say from a cosmic ray or laser, that it loses two electrons. In their latest paper, the team observed a similar ...

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a combination of four congenital (present at birth) heart defects that affect infants and children. The defects occur together and change the way blood flows through the ...