Like any cell, it's a highly complex assembly of many molecules, a machine built
from molecular parts.
He returned to the synthesis of
new molecular parts for artificial membranes, building upon the work he had done at IEM as a Ph.D. student.
Off - the -
shelf molecular parts could allow synthetic biologists to create new medications and biofuels or to make microbes with the capacity to destroy pollutants and other nuisances.
Cross-protection could occur in part because related viruses share
many molecular parts that trigger immune cells to attack, says Anne S. De Groot of Brown University and the company EpiVax, both in Providence, R.I.
And perhaps one day, when
the molecular parts of the mammalian clock have all been discovered, jet - lagged travelers will know which molecular knob to turn to reset it.
«We are trying to get to
the molecular part of it.»