Nature

Principles for targeting RNA with drug-like small molecules

RNA molecules are essential for cellular information transfer and gene regulation, and RNAs have been implicated in many human diseases. Messenger and non-coding RNAs contain highly structured ...
EurekAlert!

Examples of Molecules in Virtual Docking Library (IMAGE)

Source: Bryan Roth, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill, Brian Shoichet, Ph.D., and John Irwin, Ph.D., of the University of California ...
Astronomy

First evidence of cell membrane molecules in space

Ethanolamine, a crucial component of phospholipids forming cell membranes, has been detected for the first time in the interstellar medium, specifically within the Sagittarius B2 cloud. This discovery ...
C&EN

Molecules in Motion

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C&EN

3-D Models, Without The Kit

When Amar Flood packed his bags for the 2009 International Symposium on Macrocyclic & Supramolecular Chemistry, in Maastricht, the Netherlands, he had to find space for some unconventional ...
C&EN

Changing State—Evaporation

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