Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most common and devastating childhood genetic disorders, affecting ...

Westlake University in China and the California Institute of Technology have designed a protein-based system inside living ...

Scientists have uncovered new details about the mechanism behind cancer progression. Researchers explored the influence the mechanical stiffening of the tumor cell's environment may have on the ...

Deubiquitinases (DUBs) are enzymes used by cells to trim protein modifications made from the protein ubiquitin, and thereby regulate proteins. Malfunctioning of DUBs could lead to diseases, including ...

Though experts say more work is needed to understand the findings, this line of study might offer a way to monitor ...

Biological cells have many vital functions in the organism. For example, they produce proteins, carbohydrates and fats. But ...

Ruben Gonzalez records movies to discover how biomolecules’ motions determine their functions. He has a major new finding.

Scientists have discovered a key protein that helps cancer cells avoid detection by the immune system during a type of ...

Research utilizing AI tool AlphaFold has revealed a new protein complex that initiates the fertilization process between ...

Scientists have uncovered a new role for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA ...

Erik Johnson at Emory University, Atlanta, agreed MR-SPI is an advance. “The authors’ algorithm addresses a number of challenges with Mendelian randomization using proteomics data. An advantage of ...

Arizona State University and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute researchers, along with their collaborators, have discovered a ...