Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have identified a molecular process that allows motor neurons to maintain protein production ...

Misfolded proteins can appear as small aggregates, soluble monomers, or large insoluble inclusion bodies. While the fundamental biophysical mechanisms that cause cytotoxicity are not fully understood, ...

In biophysics, the kinetic states of molecules play a determining role in the metabolic and physiological processes in which they take part. Now, a new article specifies for the first time the levels ...

No protein is an island. Proteins interact to keep the machinery of the whole organism running. Without protein-protein interactions (PPIs), there would be no biochemical reactions, transmission of ...

State-of-the-art microscopy has enabled researchers to study a viral protein that could be used in vaccine development. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that ...

Protein misfolding is a likely culprit in many degenerative disorders. Cystic fibrosis, for instance, is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene that prevent the eponymous protein from assuming its ...