Evolution by Darwinian natural selection is immensely powerful—both in nature and within laboratories. Using 'laboratory evolution', we can take an enzyme which combines random mutations and functional selection, and improve ...
Biochemistry
Sep 12, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Sustained-release formulations that release drugs over longer periods of time are not the final step in the evolution of "intelligent" drug delivery systems. Modern pharmaceuticals are being designed to be released ...
Materials Science
Sep 16, 2013
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A three-dimensional image of one of the proteins that serves as an on-off switch as it binds to receptors on the surface of a cell suggests there may be a sort of main power switch that could be tripped. These surface receptors ...
Biotechnology
Apr 21, 2013
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