First commercial deployment of synthetic biology for medicine has modest impact.
Highlights
C&EN: These DNA nanoshells trap a broad spectrum of viruses
16 November 2022Using sugar chains as a ‘virus glue’ could help DNA origami structures become antiviral agents.
C&EN: Mirror-image polymerase makes key parts of mirror ribosome
28 October 2022Ongoing effort to create a reflection of life’s protein-making machinery could provide access to mirror molecules for diagnostics, therapeutics, and more.
C&EN: Molecular ring mimics photosynthetic machinery
25 October 2022Spoke-like templates bend a linear chain of 24 porphyrins into a light-harvesting hoop.
C&EN: Chemistry and biology unite to recycle mixed plastics
14 October 2022No presorting needed in 2-step process that turns multiple plastics into single products.
C&EN: Click and bioorthogonal chemistry win 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
05 October 2022Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless receive prize for their work on reactions that quickly link up molecules and their application in living cells.
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