bioquimica

What is ozone?

This substance is found naturally high in the Earth's atmosphere and forms the ozone layer, where it protects the surface from harmful ultraviolet rays.

Charpentier and Doudna win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their genetic scissors

Charpentier and Doudna are the first women to win an exclusive Nobel Prize in science. The reason for the award is that they developed a technique –based on the system called CRISPR / Cas, which was discovered by the Spaniard Francis Mojica in 1993.

How does the coronavirus display its genetic material?

To achieve this, the virus has to multiply its genetic material, a single long chain of RNA, thanks to the enzyme polymerase. The Max Plank Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany, has succeeded in determining the three-dimensional structure of this enzyme, which could open up new avenues of treatment.

Sugars essential for life found inside meteorites

It is plausible that extraterrestrial sugar, which arrived on Earth aboard meteorites, contributed to the formation of primordial RNA.

They manage to kill tumor cells from the inside using a 'Trojan horse'

The chemotherapy is activated by a catalyst, which is introduced inside the cancer cells, leaving the rest of the healthy cells of the organism intact.

One more step to unravel the origin of life

The journal Nature publishes an article that demonstrates that peptides, the base molecules of life, can be formed directly without the need for amino acids.

Valentine's Day and the Biochemistry of Love

In this chapter of Science With Lau, we tell you what chemical substances and processes are involved in the process of falling in love.

Pillow chemistry: 6 compounds for better sleep

These six substances secreted by our body take on special prominence, due to their presence or absence, while we sleep.

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Schedules of the Valencia GP of MotoGP in Cheste and how to see it

The Cheste circuit hosts this weekend, from November 4 to 6, the 2022 MotoGP Comunitat Valenciana GP. See the schedules and all the information.

"Don't talk to me!": Danni Büchner makes a clear announcement to hated party guests

Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.

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