A Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on one of the most intricate construction projects in biology: how cells build ...

Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are manufactured in protein factories known as ribosomes using their blueprint, or genetic information.

Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their blueprint—the genetic information. Here, the basic building blocks of proteins, ...

HCM is a genetic disease, usually caused by mutations in sarcomere proteins such as myosin, actin, tropomyosin, and myosin-binding protein C.

Protein folding helpers such as TRiC and prefoldin (PFD) are crucial for the correct folding of many essential proteins. In a Nature study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry ...

UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have identified a molecule that blocks the gene responsible for glioblastoma, ...

Scientists have discovered a molecule that shrinks brain tumors in mice, raising hopes that the compound could one day become a pill to treat glioblastoma, one of the world’s most pernicious cancers.

DNGR-1 detects F-actin proteins, the cell "scaffold" that is exposed when a cancer cell dies. "We looked at mice with and without the DNGR-1 receptor that were exposed to carcinogens, finding that ...

This important paper reports the development of proteins and small molecules that induce degradation of a clinically-relevant oncogenic transcription factor, LMO2. The findings provide a proof of ...

Everyone seems to be talking about protein right now—and for good reason. “Protein is the building block of every tissue in our body, from muscles and bones to organs, skin, and hair,” says Rachel ...