Prenatal genetic testing determines if an offspring is at risk of genetic or hereditary conditions. This can inform the parents of decisions such as keeping the child or not or adjusting to help them ...

Jennifer A. Doudna, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2020, is the winner of the first Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry, administered by Northwestern University. Photo: picture alliance / ...

Biochemistry is the study of the structure and function of biological molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids. Biochemistry is also used to describe techniques suited to ...

After a national search, David Schneider, Ph.D., has been named chair of the UAB Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (BMG), effective Oct. 1. A faculty member since 2007, Schneider is a ...

Biochemistry is a field of study where biology and chemistry overlap. Biochemists study living things in the same way biologists would, but their attention is focused on the molecular level. The ...