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Scientist at work: Bio-prospecting for better enzymes

  • Written by Jeffrey Gardner, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imagePolysaccharide molecules such as cellulose, seen here, are long chains of sugars that are very hard to break apart. Enzymes – proteins that can degrade polysaccharides – have many industrial uses.CeresVesta/Wikipedia

When people hear about prospecting, they might imagine old forty-niners (miners) with pickaxes hunting for gold, or...

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