One of the first scientists to recognize the potential of peptide chemistry was Frederick Sanger, who in 1944 embarked upon a 12-year project to unravel the amino acid sequence of the protein molecule ...

For more than a century, oral insulin has been considered a "dream" therapy for diabetes, hindered by enzymatic degradation ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University have developed a new peptide-based technology that enables insulin—normally injected—to be taken orally while still powerfully lowering blood sugar. Their ...

The surge of interest in using peptides is grounded more in wishful thinking than science. The recent preoccupation with ...

Northwestern Engineering's Samuel Stupp will receive the 2022 American Chemical Society Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry. Stupp was selected “for his fundamental and groundbreaking work ...

STAAD, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biosynth, a supplier of critical raw materials to the life science industry, announces today that it has acquired Cambridge Research Biochemicals (“CRB”), a ...

New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists found that simple amino acids bond into peptides on interstellar dust, long ...

This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD Key Takeaways: Peptides are compounds made of amino acids linked by ...