#Amino

Immunologist Clare Bryant uses Co-Scientist to identify the proteins causing disease when pathogens jump species, cutting years of experimental work down to just months.

The trick isn't to just search for biosignatures, but rather to look at how they are organized — and the Europa Clipper has an instrument for this.

The synthetic bacteria push the limits of life and could open the door to designer proteins and new medicines.

One of life's many mysteries is how it ended up choosing only a set of 20 amino acids to build proteins for its wide catalog of organisms, from single-celled bacteria to behemoth whales.…

From Ars Technica: Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids