Blocking a key protein could halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: CC0 Public domain Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that inhibiting a key protein ...
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Protein production problems in Huntington’s disease revealed
RNAs with expanded CAG repeats (red) form regions of high concentration in the nucleus (blue) of a cell. Credit: Rachel ...
Researchers identify protein that evolved alongside infection mechanism
Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113740 Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide infectious disease caused by the single-celled parasite Toxoplasma gondii. In ...
Detection of a new state in the protein folding process
A protein in four different states when it folds. (The blue circles are water molecules.) The dry molten globule state, ...
Protein modifications found to be key influencers in neurodegenerative diseases
α-Syn (gS87) PFFs have a reduced capacity to induce pathology formation, propagation, and toxicity in cells and in vivo. A, ...
Protein biomarkers predict dementia 15 years before diagnosis, new study finds
Protein importance ranking and SHAP visualization of modeling across all incident dementia populations. A, Sequential forward selection from pre-selected candidate ...
the promise of Kibra protein
A major advance in Alzheimer's disease research has shed light on a potential treatment strategy, focused on repairing damaged synapses ...
New research with implications for drug discovery allows visualization of the smallest protein clusters
The bright white dots represent tiny clusters of proteins detected by CluMPS. Credit: Thomas R. Mumford Penn engineers have developed ...
New findings on protein folding in bacteriorhodopsin
Diagram of the experimental device (not to scale): Photoactivation of a single bR molecule. Credit: Steven Burrows/Perkins Group When it ...
Scientists find that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases is also linked to childhood brain cancer
Medulloblastoma cells preserved in 3D culture (tumor spheroids) or in 2D culture in the researchers' laboratory. Credit: Amanda Faria Assoni ...
