The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out ...

Imagine being at a big marquee event in an arena, like the Super Bowl, with the roar of the crowd, the smell of hot dogs, and ...

The findings, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, may improve some cancer treatments already in development, ...

If the drug is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of acute pain in January as expected, the ...

New tools enable researchers to remotely and non-invasively guide engineered cells around the body to kill cancer or repair ...

Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations. Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve smaller and smaller ...

A new imaging technique reveals ribosomes work together when translating mRNA, preventing slowdowns in protein production. This discovery challenges prior beliefs and could revolutionize our ...

Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and ...

An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and ...

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have for the first time investigated how protein structures derived from fava beans affect a ...

Proteins are life's engines, powering processes like muscle movement, vision, and chemical reactions. Their environments—water, lipid membranes, or other condensed phases—are critical to their ...