New Analysis of Longevity Protein Yields Important Therapeutic Insights
Named after the Greek goddess who spun the thread of life, Klotho proteins play an important role in the regulation of longevity and metabolism. In…
Named after the Greek goddess who spun the thread of life, Klotho proteins play an important role in the regulation of longevity and metabolism. In…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A team of biophysicists at Rice University used computer models to show that the energy landscape involved in the long-term evolution of proteins is essentially…
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…
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…
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. Naked…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…