One way scientists hope to learn more about the mysteries of the human body is by analyzing the structure of proteins, of which the vital parts of all living creatures are made. The job is complicated ...

Frederick Sanger, a British biochemist whose discoveries about the chemistry of life led to the decoding of the human genome and earned him two Nobel Prizes, a distinction held by only three other ...

In two major studies published in Nature Genetics today, researchers use biological understanding to dissect the genetics of diabetes. An international team comprising researchers from more than 100 ...

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Nobel Prize for Chemistry: Dr. F. Sanger, F.R.S. — The award has been made for his researches on the structure of the protein hormone insulin ... When he began his investigations on insulin, Dr.