Proteins need to fold into specific shapes to perform their functions in cells, but they occasionally misfold, which can ...

A research team led by Dr. Àlex Bayés, Head of the Molecular Physiology of the Synapse Group at the Institut de Recerca Sant ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

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The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy transthyretin moves hormones through blood and spinal fluid, misfolded ...

With the advent of AI-powered protein design tools, protein-based therapeutics may no longer be constrained by the limits imposed by natural selection.

A research team at Florida State University's Institute of Molecular Biophysics and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ...

For those outside the chemistry cognoscenti, the announcement might have seemed little more than researchers patting each other on the back. But the question of protein folding had plagued scientists ...