Scientists have solved the structure of an enzyme that breaks down carbapenems , antibiotics 'of last resort' which, until recently, were kept in reserve for serious infections that failed to respond ...

This guest editorial is by chemistry professor Julia Chan, at the University of Texas, Dallas; associate chemistry professor Jennifer Aitken, at Duquesne University; and associate chemistry professor ...

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Researchers from the University of Southampton have developed technology to help scientists observe proteins in motion. Understanding how proteins move will allow novel drugs to be designed. X-ray ...

Celebrating a field of remarkable depth and importance. In many ways, crystallography epitomizes the modern scientific era. Max von Laue's pioneering X-ray diffraction experiments in 1912 provided a ...

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Scientists at the University of Bristol, together with collaborators at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, have solved the structure of an enzyme that breaks down carbapenems, antibiotics 'of last ...

Increasingly, bacteria such as E. coli are resisting the action of carbapenems by producing enzymes (carbapenemases) that break a specific chemical bond in the antibiotic, destroying its antimicrobial ...