Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used artificial intelligence to analyze protein nanoribbons, pointing to potential design rules tied to peptide length and secondary structure. The ...

A team at ETH Zurich developed a new peptide-based organocatalyst that handles macrocycle formation from start to finish. Macrocyclic compounds are ubiquitous both in nature and in the chemical ...

When the fountain of youth’s under construction, you may want to dip into peptides instead. Chances are you’ve already heard of a number of different peptides, including insulin, morphine and even ...

Peptide therapy has gained popularity as a potential health and longevity booster, but experts are warning of cautions and limitations. Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as messengers ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. On a frigid December afternoon, I took an elevator up to the sixth floor of a midtown office building on a busy ...

The use of injectable peptides for a range of perceived health benefits is surging, fueled by aggressive marketing campaigns and miraculous claims from celebrities and influencers about their ability ...

If there’s one ingredient stealing the spotlight this year, it’s peptides. Promising everything from firmer skin to thicker hair, they are now creeping into fitness and wellness routines, with claims ...

Cyclic peptides offer enhanced stability and bioavailability, but precise cyclization strategies and specialized synthetic techniques are required to maintain their biological activity. A recent ...

A peptide sequence that performs well at micromole scale may behave unpredictably at gram or kilogram scale. Coupling efficiency, acceptable with high reagent excess, can drop when equivalents are ...

Vapourtec's Peptide-Builder, a fully automated, high-throughput benchtop peptide synthesizer, has been designed to redefine solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS). Compact, efficient and intuitive, it ...