Overview of protein engineering strategies. Directed evolution mimics natural selection in the laboratory through iterative rounds of mutagenesis and screening. Rational design uses structural and ...

Human researchers engineer biological systems through the discovery-driven process of hypothesis generation, designing experiments to test hypotheses, performing these experiments in a wet laboratory, ...

Protein-based biomaterials are growing in popularity for biomedical applications, in part owing to their innate ability to interface with biological systems. These materials, in the form of fibres, ...

The targeted engineering of artificial proteins with unique properties is now possible with the assistance of a novel method developed by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Dominik Niopek at the ...

Engineering proteins for desirable traits has been the holy grail of modern biotechnology. For example, the food industry can benefit from engineered enzymes which have the ability to enhance ...

A team of Chinese researchers led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a groundbreaking method that ...