Modern medicine depends on large, information-rich molecules such as peptides and oligonucleotides. These molecules carry biological instructions that can be directed toward specific disease pathways.

Carly Schissel , assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State, is part of a multi-institution team that has been selected ...

A cutting-edge chemical process is the first to make it possible to quickly and easily produce modified peptides with boronic acids. It was developed by scientists from the Institute of Organic ...

A peptide synthesized by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil protected human lung cells against infection by SARS-CoV-2 in the laboratory and eliminated the inflammation caused ...

Ozempic has been making headlines for its remarkable success in treating obesity and diabetes. Yet it is just one in a rapidly growing class of drugs called peptide therapeutics that sits between ...

Scientists continue discovering new ways peptides influence biological processes, and one compound attracting significan ...

Three peptides have been identified as the most significant compounds for tissue repair and metabolic research applications ...