Definition of biomolecule
: an organic molecule and especially a macromolecule (such as a protein or nucleic acid) in living organisms
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Plants, like all living things, need nitrogen to build amino acids and other essential biomolecules.
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While researchers first developed the technique in the 1970s and 1980s, recent advances in computing power have transformed what was once 2D images into detailed 3D models of biomolecules, with increasingly fine resolution.
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The device is equipped with bacteria engineered to sense particular biomolecules in the gastrointestinal tract, and it could be tailored to any number of disease-relevant molecules.
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The technique helped visualize biomolecules—everything from the needles that bacteria use to attack cells to the structure of Zika virus—with unprecedented detail.
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Already, researchers have used the imaging technique to expose for the first time the structure of hundreds of key biomolecules, including the Zika virus and proteins that cause antibiotic resistance or impede chemotherapy.
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Major advances in the imaging of biomolecules--everything from the needles that bacteria use to attack cells to the structure of Zika virus--have garnered three scientists the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
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Then the samples are pelted by a beam of radiation that can fry sensitive biomolecules.
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The droplet attracts biomolecules from the tissue, and is then drawn back into the pen.
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