Proteins are the end products of the decoding process that starts with the information in cellular DNA. As workhorses of the cell, proteins compose structural and motor elements in the cell, and they ...

Researchers have developed a diagnostic panel that identifies cognitive decline by analyzing how blood proteins fold. This ...

Alan Herbert, Founder and President of InsideOutBio, discusses the evolution of biological concepts related to DNA and protein structures ...

Scientists from Scripps Research have uncovered new structures of transthyretin, a protein that moves important hormones like thyroxine through blood and spinal fluid. Misfolded versions of the ...

Computational models show that even subtle modifications in the synaptic protein CaMKII completely alter the resulting protein structures. Given how the formation and stability of these structures ...

A protein that is a key modulator of fat, glucose and cholesterol levels in the body usually works in tandem with another ...

A tiny region in a little-known muscle protein may hold the key to a healthy, steady heartbeat, as well as possible clues to ...

Fruit flies, mice, zebrafish, yeast and the tiny worm C. elegans are model organisms that have carried modern biology on ...

New findings published in the journal Cell about the Andes virus, a hantavirus endemic to the southwestern U.S. and other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although the Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry are awarded separately, there is a fascinating connection between the winning ...

Complex protein interactions at synapses are essential for memory formation in our brains, but the mechanisms behind these processes remain poorly understood. Now, researchers from Japan have ...