by Sara Bock, University of California Comparison of HylA and HylB with bacterial and animal Hyl. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43833-8In a groundbreaking development in the field of anti-acne therapies, a team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has created an acne vaccine that successfully reduces inflammation in a...
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY IMAGE: A BACTERIAL ENZYME (CRYSTAL STRUCTURE SHOWN HERE) MAKES A NEW TYPE OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER, ACHOLETIN, WHICH MIGHT SOMEDAY FIND USE IN DRUG DELIVERY, TISSUE ENGINEERING OR OTHER APPLICATIONS. CREDIT: ADAPTED FROM ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2022, DOI: 10.1021/ACSCENTSCI.1C01570 Strings of sugars called polysaccharides are the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. Because of...
