New research shows that the approved drug Zelboraf nearly doubles the median survival time for…
Browsing: Protein
Proteins are complex molecules made up of amino acids that perform a vast array of essential functions in all living organisms. They serve as the building blocks of tissues, enzymes that catalyze biochemical reactions, messengers for cellular communication, and much more. Research into proteins spans fields like molecular biology, medicine, and biotechnology, driving advances in understanding diseases, developing therapies, and engineering novel biomaterials. This page showcases the latest discoveries and studies involving protein structure, function, and applications across the life sciences.
Researchers at the University of Vermont have discovered two new proteins, ABCB6 and ABCG2, responsible…
While observing breast cancer cells in culture, researchers at Cornell University identified two key proteins,…
Novel technology could potentially seek out cancer cells and cause them to self-destruct. Inspired by…
Using bexarotene, which is FDA approved for cancer treatment, a team of neuroscientists at Case…
A new study that was published in the February 1st issue of PLoS One suggests…
Dr. Samuel French and his team of researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have…
Cornell professors are combining their inventions in an effort to develop a handheld pathogen detector…
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) produced…
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are studying the complex interactions between…
The online community of Foldit has helped produce solutions that have evaded scientists for years.…
Online gamers obsessed with puzzles have now topped what scientists had failed to do by…
Octopuses have found a novel way of beating the frigid temperatures of the Antarctic waters…
Here in the United States, we shudder to think that dolphins might be on the…