No one has yet created a fully functioning artificial cell. But a research team at Aarhus University has taken a step in that ...

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

A protein essential to the human body for managing energy and regulating appetite relies on a partner protein, according to ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy functions. This is especially important for proteins that are known to group ...

Thought too hard to do, a new platform evolved proteins in mammalian cells, which could help researchers design drugs that work better in humans. “There are many, many examples, both published and ...

When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ...

One of the hallmarks of cancer cells is their ability to evade apoptosis, or programmed cell death, through changes in protein expression. Inducing apoptosis in cancer cells has become a major focus ...

A protein notorious for its role in Alzheimer’s disease may hold the key to supercharging the aging immune system, according to new research. Scientists have found that a byproduct of amyloid-beta ...