Peptides

Scientists dig into tempeh to uncover how microbial action breaks down soybean proteins into smaller, more digestible and more nutritious forms.

A novel approach for sequencing custom-built synthetic peptide rings opens up new drug discovery possibilities.

Injecting flies with snail venom could help us discover molecules for developing new drugs

A
surprise finding shows that, in skin wounds, fragments of a blood clotting
enzyme collect and consume bacteria and their toxins

Synthetic
molecules promise to relieve debilitating eye disease

SynLinker offers a better way to design fusion protein drugs

Fluorescent molecular rotors developed by the A*STAR Molecular Engineering Laboratory promise to revolutionize the search for new anticancer drugs

Computer simulations help design molecules with potential as a cancer therapy

Through a combination of two powerful methodologies, researchers at the A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology drive forward promising developments for gene therapy

A new class of ultrasmall peptides with biomimetic properties paves the way to diverse biomedical applications

Screening peptide libraries is more accurate and less time consuming thanks to a new algorithm for mass spectrometric analysis

Custom-built antimicrobial peptides can cross the blood–brain barrier and destroy harmful bacteria and fungi