This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Urea is a small molecule formed as proteins ...

Penn Medicine researchers have singled out a bacterial enzyme behind an imbalance in the gut microbiome linked to Crohn's disease. The new study, published online this week in Science Translational ...

The ulcer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori thrives where most other living things get chemically minced into bits–the acidic environment of the human stomach. Scientists are divided on exactly ...

The study of urease inhibitors and molecular docking embodies a confluence of advanced synthetic chemistry, computational biology, and structural biochemistry. Urease, a nickel-dependent enzyme ...