Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence have transformed protein structure biology from a data-limited discipline into a data-driven frontier of ...

In the fast-evolving field of medical science, a new artificial intelligence model may be about to change the way mRNA-based ...

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology solved the first 3D structure of HERV-K Env, a protein encoded by ancient ...

Protein engineering is a powerful biotechnological process that focuses on creating new enzymes or proteins and improving the functions of existing ones by manipulating their natural macromolecular ...

Scientists have decoded the 3D structure of an ancient viral protein hidden in our DNA. The HERV-K Env protein, found on cancer and autoimmune cells, has a unique shape that could unlock new ...

Made out of a fluorescent protein, the qubit is just 3 nanometers in diameter, scientists report August 20 in Nature. By hitting the protein with laser light, tweaking it with microwaves and observing ...

A Kyoto University research group has developed a new type of protein that marks out cancer cells for easier removal. Every day, more than 10 billion cells in the human body fulfill their role and die ...

In the quest to age well, there are lots of boxes we should check to ensure we are, and stay, healthy from the inside out. From gut health and immune function to cardiovascular health and cognition, ...

Protein, after all, as board-certified dermatologist Hope Mitchell, MD, puts it, is “the building block of hair.” Because our hair is mostly made of keratin (which is a protein), Dr. Mitchell says ...

Marisa Garshick, MD, board-certified dermatologist at MDCS Dermatology, agrees and says that its main purpose for our ...