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Research reveals key protein structure, paves way for better anti-anxiety drugs When new medicines are invented, the drug may hit the intended target and nullify the symptoms, but nailing a bull's eye - one that produces zero side effects - can be quite elusive. Source: Research reveals key...

Peptides are chains of amino acids joined by what chemists call amide bonds, although biologists typically call them peptide bonds instead. Large peptides are called proteins and are ubiquitous — all forms of life on Earth have proteins. The term peptide is usually though not invariably reserved...