3D shapes of viral proteins reveal previously unknown roles
Viruses are hard to track. They evolve rapidly and regularly develop new proteins that help them infect their hosts. These ...
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Two proteins identified as potential targets to improve ALS symptoms
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective degeneration of the upper motor neurons of the ...
Mouse model suggests proteins cause damage in fetal abdominal inflammation
Abdominal inflammation in human fetuses resulting from perforation of their intestines is likely caused by proteins in the fetus' stool, ...
Ancient microbes linked to evolution of human immune proteins
When you’re infected with a virus, some of the first weapons your body deploys to fight it are ones our ...
Proteins That Strengthen Skin Also Control Cell Signaling, Study Finds
A large family of proteins that gives human skin its mechanical strength also appears to organize the molecular signals that ...
To subvert the immune response, SARS-CoV-2 stimulates the production of proteins without protective function
To evade the human host immune response, SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, uses the defense cell mechanism to induce ...
Biochemists design proteins that can switch from assembly to disassembly via allosteric control
A team of biochemists at the University of Washington has developed a way to design proteins that can switch between ...
Viagra could fight neurotoxic proteins in the brain!
It is essential to find new strategies for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, the incidence of which is ...
Targeting “undruggable” proteins promises a new approach to treating neurodegenerative diseases
Researchers led by Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have introduced a pioneering approach to combat neurodegenerative diseases such ...
Scientists develop new technology to identify individual complete human proteins
In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, scientists from Delft University of Technology present a new technique for identifying proteins. ...
