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Expanding DNA’s alphabet lets cells produce novel proteins

Scientistsareexpandingthegeneticcodeoflife,usingman-madeDNAtocreateasemi-syntheticstrainofbacteria–andnewresearchshowsthosealteredmicrobesactuallyworkedtoproduc

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Researchers zero in on few proteins as cancer drug target

Researchers with University of California, Berkeley, have found a promising new drug target within the pathway that controls the production of a cancer cell's thousands of proteins and it appears to control production of only a few percent of the proteins critical to regulating the growth and proliferation of cells.