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New Insight into the Dynamics of a Ribosomal Protein - RPL3L

A team of researchers have discovered that a mutation in a ribosomal protein found specifically in heart and skeletal muscle leads to impaired cardiac contractility in mice.

23 May 2023

New Method Uses Artificial Photosynthesis for Synthetic Manufacture of Nutritional Protein

Ensuring the supply of food to the constantly growing world population and protecting the environment at the same time are often conflicting objectives.

3 May 2023

New, Improved Dual Version of Living Yeast Biosensor to Detect All Peptide Variants

Biosensors-;sensors that can detect biological samples-;are powerful tools for understanding the function, composition, and structure of biochemical molecules.

26 Apr 2023

New insights into the mechanism underlying the immunomodulatory effects of polyphenols

PCB2DG, a polyphenol with anti-inflammatory properties, works by targeting and directly interacting with the major glutamine transporter protein, alanine serine cysteine transporter 2 (ASCT2), to inhibit the uptake of glutamine, an important amino acid found in the blood.

22 Feb 2023

Chilling tolerance trait in rice with the codon repeats at a single site

A recent study performed by Professor Chong Kang’s group from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has disclosed a fact that a novel cold domesticated repair mechanism for DNA damage in rice.

11 Jan 2023

Researchers get funding to develop a vaccine against ALS disease

DZNE and Intravacc B.V., have received a grant from the European Union of € 2.5 million to further create a prototype ALS vaccine.

8 Jul 2022

Researchers explore how tRNAs evolve in protein synthesis

In the process of protein synthesis, a peptide bond is formed between two amino acids that are bound to two different transfer RNAs (tRNAs). Researchers have long been perplexed as to how these tRNAs evolved to be so near to one another on the ribosome.

From Tokyo University of Science 22 Apr 2022

Study shows protein folding is also influenced by thermal expansion

Traditionally, it has always been assumed that the presence of water controls the way proteins fold. But a new study has challenged these details.

12 Nov 2020

Researchers identify metabolically responsive “switch” that reduces tumor growth

According to a study the enzyme called serine palmitoyl-transferase can be utilized as a metabolically responsive “switch” that reduces the growth of tumor.

13 Aug 2020

COVID-19 patients have higher incidence of abnormal liver tests

Researchers at the Yale Liver Center found that patients with COVID-19 presented with abnormal liver tests at much higher rates than suggested by earlier studies.

10 Aug 2020

Research identifies how neuronal transmission is disrupted in ALS

Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, lose muscle control as nerve cells or neurons in the brain and spinal cord degenerate and can no longer send signals to muscles.

29 May 2020

Mice study identifies protein vital for liver restoration and regeneration after hepatic surgery

Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona and the CELLEX Biomedical Research Centre from IDIBAPS have identified in a study with mice a protein which is fundamental to guarantee the restoration and regeneration of the liver after a transplant or hepatic surgery.

12 May 2020