James Sanchez

We recently talked about how Green Fluorescent Protein, restriction enzymes, and CRISPR are invaluable products of basic research. These...

Whenever it is announced that budgets must be tightened, it is often scientists performing basic research who are among the first to be called to...

If you hobnob around scientists, you might be increasingly hearing the mysterious acronym “CRISPR” being mentioned in conversation. CRISPR...

Most people have probably heard of Alexander Fleming’s chance encounter with a penicillin-producing fungus. What is not quite well-known is that...

One major challenge in drug discovery is determining whether a drug is behaving as intended, binding the “right” protein, inhibiting the correct...

Incretins are hormones that the body uses to stimulate insulin release when nutrients are ingested. The two that are the most well-studied are...