‘NoBody’ – A Microprotein on a Mission
Using a technique that has revealed more than 400 new proteins too tiny to be found by other means, scientists from Yale University have helped…
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Engineers Design Nanoparticles to Track Cells and Interactions Within Them
Engineers from MIT have developed new protein nanoparticles that allow scientists to track cells and interactions within them. MIT engineers have designed magnetic protein nanoparticles…
Enhanced-Sensitivity NMR Reveals New Details on Protein Structure
Using a new technique based on dynamic nuclear polarization, scientists hope to gain more insight into protein structure and function. Proteins can fold in different…
Calprotectin Plays a Key Role in Blocking Pathogen Survival
New research from MIT reveals the process by which human calprotectin prevents invading pathogens from obtaining iron. Invading microbial pathogens must scavenge essential nutrients from…
Newly Developed Simple Protein Plays Active Role in Cellular Function
Scientists from Yale University have created a synthetic protein that is active, despite its simplicity. Yale scientists have developed simple new proteins almost devoid of…
PROTACs: A New Type of Drug That Can Target All Disease-Causing Proteins
A newly published study from Yale University details the discovery of a new type of drug, called Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs), which can target all…
Yale Research Shows How Renalase Protects Kidney and Heart from Injury
A newly published study from Yale University details how the protein renalase protects cells from the type of severe injury that could result in a…
Scientists Discover Protein That Can Accelerate Recovery
New research from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals how a unique protein found in human bone marrow can drive stem cells to repair our…
Scientists Report a Big Leap in Understanding How PP1 Interacts with Other Proteins
In a newly published study, researchers at Brown University report a big leap in understanding how PP1 interacts with other proteins to behave specifically in…
Yale Researchers Create a 21st Amino Acid
Using bacteria, Yale researchers rewrite most of the genetic instructions that encode all 20 amino acids, creating a specific 21st amino acid. Yale researchers have…
Better Protein Creation is the Key to Longevity for the Naked Mole Rat
In a newly published study, University of Rochester researchers show that better constructed proteins are the key to the naked mole rat’s longevity and health….
Yale Scientists Discover Alzheimer’s Missing Link
In a newly published study, Yale researchers reveal that a protein within the cell membrane called metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 is the missing link in…
Researchers Solve Biological Mystery about the Common Genesis of Many Serious Diseases
Scientists solve a biological mystery about the common genesis of many serious diseases, discovering a trigger to important biologic responses such as the control of…
Newly Discovered Small Molecule Inhibitor Boosts Insulin Signaling
Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered a new pathway in insulin resistance and show that a newly discovered small-molecule inhibitor can interrupt this pathway and…
New Analysis on Iceman Ötzi Opens Up New Research Possibilities for Mummies
Using a pinhead-sized sample of brain tissue from the Iceman Ötzi, scientists were able to identify numerous brain proteins, as well as proteins from blood…
Protein Makes Old Hearts Younger, Reverses Some Effects of Aging
Researchers have identified a protein in the blood of mice and humans that may prove to be the first effective treatment for a form of…
A Closer Look at the Antifreeze Protein that Allows Siberian Beetles to Survive
A newly published study from Yale University looks at longhorn beetle Rhagium inquisitor and its ability to supercool to below -25°C, examining the unusual structure…
Stressed VWF Proteins Can Cause Blood Clots
Focusing on a protein called von Willebrand factor (VWF), a team of scientists discovered how stresses of blood flow in small blood vessels of the…