As an assist to his students back in 1960, microbiologist Donald Nicholson sketched out a big chart of metabolic pathways; he thought it would help them to have it pinned up on a wall for ready ...

Synthetic biochemistry seeks to engineer complex metabolic pathways for chemical conversions outside the constraints of the cell. Establishment of effective and flexible cell-free systems requires the ...

With the resurgence of interest in cancer metabolism, researchers are coming to realize that there is more to a cell's biochemistry than once thought. Every year, thousands of biochemistry majors and ...

The greatest potential environmental benefit of metabolic engineering would be the production of high-volume commodity chemicals, such as biofuels. Yet, the high yields required for the economic ...