biomolecule
noun
bio·mol·e·cule
ˌbī-ō-ˈmä-li-ˌkyül 
: an organic molecule and especially a macromolecule (such as a protein or nucleic acid) in living organisms
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When scientists have tried in a lab to replicate the chemical reactions that make the biomolecules believed to be key to the origin of life, the necessary phosphate concentrations are up to a million times higher than what is normally found in the world’s natural bodies of water.
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Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
And so even with all the other biomolecules floating around in a drop of saliva, the new process enables the original biochip to be developed for a non-invasive blood sugar test for diabetics that involves no needles and no blood samples.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2014
Ancient biomolecules can tell us a lot about the distant past.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2023
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognized work on a method called directed evolution, which allows scientists to engineer new biomolecules.
—Shawn Walsh, Quanta Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
West is the cofounder of Digital Biology, which is commercializing her Ph.D. research that involved tagging and reconstructing the locations of 10,000 unique biomolecules within a single tissue sample.
—Katie Jennings, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
By using small pieces of DNA as a barcode for other biomolecules, the researchers have harnessed the power of nanopore sequencing to identify dozens of different disease biomarkers in blood samples.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2023
On-and-off periods of water on Mars might have cooked up favorable conditions for chemical reactions that assemble compounds into biomolecules.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
Language models can be used to generate other classes of biomolecules, notably nucleic acids.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 16 July 2023
Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
And so even with all the other biomolecules floating around in a drop of saliva, the new process enables the original biochip to be developed for a non-invasive blood sugar test for diabetics that involves no needles and no blood samples.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2014
Ancient biomolecules can tell us a lot about the distant past.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2023
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognized work on a method called directed evolution, which allows scientists to engineer new biomolecules.
—Shawn Walsh, Quanta Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
West is the cofounder of Digital Biology, which is commercializing her Ph.D. research that involved tagging and reconstructing the locations of 10,000 unique biomolecules within a single tissue sample.
—Katie Jennings, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
By using small pieces of DNA as a barcode for other biomolecules, the researchers have harnessed the power of nanopore sequencing to identify dozens of different disease biomarkers in blood samples.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2023
On-and-off periods of water on Mars might have cooked up favorable conditions for chemical reactions that assemble compounds into biomolecules.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
Language models can be used to generate other classes of biomolecules, notably nucleic acids.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 16 July 2023
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biomolecule
noun
bio·mol·e·cule
-ˈmäl-i-ˌkyü(ə)l
: an organic molecule and especially a macromolecule (as a protein or nucleic acid) in living organisms
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