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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And across the evolutionary tree, different eukaryotes have evolved or procured additional organelles that assemble proteins, store water, turn sunlight into energy, digest biomolecules, get rid of waste, and more.
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Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Sometimes the software didn't handle chirality, where a molecule could exist in one of two mirror-image configurations (all biomolecules tend to be a single chirality).
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 May 2024
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.
—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
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Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Sometimes the software didn't handle chirality, where a molecule could exist in one of two mirror-image configurations (all biomolecules tend to be a single chirality).
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 May 2024
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.
—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
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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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