Lysosomes are the control centers for the metabolism of cells and tissues, including the brain. They break down defective ...

For years, biomolecular condensates were thought to be simple, liquid-like droplets with little internal organization. New ...

A research team led by Sahand Jamal Rahi at EPFL’s Laboratory of the Physics of Biological Systems has introduced a new approach called “optovolution.” This technique uses light to guide the evolution ...

A new LMU study shows how proteins function reliably even without a stable 3D structure – and the crucial importance not only ...

Paired Box 3 (PAX3) is a protein that plays a critical role in the formation of tissues and organs during embryonic ...

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a biochemical technique that captures fleeting ...

In the evolutionary history of life, the ability of a cell to separate its inner world from the external environment was an ...

Researchers have created nanoparticles that can remove disease-driving proteins while also delivering a chemotherapeutic or ...

While the PolyTAC approach, like most protein therapies, focuses on eliminating problem proteins, Shuai Gong, who earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at UMass Amherst, and Jingyi Qiu, a biomedical ...

Scientists have long been trying to tease apart hepatitis A virus, to understand its inner workings and how it functions in the human body. Infectious disease researchers have discovered that a little ...