Scientists at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore have identified a protein that…
What if an injectable protein could one day help repair both "leaky gut" and severe depression? New research from the…
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have turned to concepts from polymer physics to better understand a central feature of Alzheimer's…
Researchers at Leipzig University and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a key mechanism for appetite and weight control. It…
A toxic protein forms dynamic pores in the membranes of brain cells - and that may be the key to…
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital demonstrated for the first time that the protein midkine plays a preventative role…
Aging is particularly harsh on the hippocampus -- the brain region responsible for learning and memory. Now, researchers at UC…
University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in their quest for a vaccine to…
Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumour growth by increasing cancer stemness in an…
Within a cell, DNA carries the genetic code for building proteins. To build proteins, the cell makes a copy of…