Each cell in your body relies on precise communication with other cells to function properly. At the center of this process are the molecular switches that turn communication signals in the body on ...

A previously unknown protein in a family of bacteria found in soil and the human gut microbiome has been discovered—which ...

Harvard Medical School scientists have identified a key protein in the human immune system that drives inflammatory and ...

Scientists from Germany and Italy have uncovered details of the protective layer that surrounds the fine protrusions of cells ...

Researchers have unveiled the first real look at a mitochondrial protein strongly linked to Parkinson's disease, revealing ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

Researchers have revealed for the first time how a key protein linked to Parkinson's mutates, leads to cell death in the ...

Demis, who was last year jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Google DeepMind colleague Dr John Jumper for their ...

Ubiquitin marks proteins for degradation, whereby ubiquitin molecules can be combined in different types and numbers forming ...

A new study has described a potential mechanism that could help explain why some proteins refold in a different pattern than ...

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...