Can I have that if you’re done with it?

“But we also know that seeing what brains look like before and after neurodegenerative disease hasn’t actually helped us cure them so far – many drugs that specifically remove protein buildup (plaques) in the brain have failed to make it out of the clinic.”

Why are proteins so hard to work with?

“…there is a high potential impact for any technology developed that makes studying proteins as easy as nucleic acids, with many academic and industry scientists vying for the “holy grail” of protein detection.”

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall
Who’s the Fittest of us All?

“Just like your left glove doesn’t fit properly on your right hand, a left-handed molecule won’t fit into an enzyme that normally catalyzes its mirror image. And chiral molecules aren’t just a novelty to fill space in a chemistry textbook. No, they’re everywhere: in medicine, food, and in the very molecules that give us life.”

Forget Hard Drives—The Future of Data Is in Our Genes

“For true archival storage of information, there is a push to ditch electricity altogether in favor of one of the oldest known information storage mechanisms: DNA.”