#Proteins

UC Irvine neuroscientist Oswald Steward received the 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discoveries that helped explain how the brain forms and stores memories.

Open AI models used for a wide range of scientific applications, including accelerating the design of therapeutic molecules.

Scientists at Stanford may have uncovered a hidden reason our brains decline with age. Studying the ultra-short-lived turquoise killifish, researchers discovered that the cellular machinery responsible for building proteins begins to jam and malfunction…

An open-source atlas generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2 vastly increases the known protein universe. An open-source atlas generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2 vastly increases the known protein universe.

Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have uncovered a crucial trick used by enteroviruses—the group behind diseases like polio, myocarditis, encephalitis, and even the common cold—to reproduce inside human cells.…

Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives. Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives.

From Ars Technica: Protein in Homo erectus teeth suggests Denisovans gave us some of their DNA

When researchers look up at the sky and wonder if we’re not alone, they also realize the origins of life here on Earth might hold the key to finding out.…

The synthetic bacteria push the limits of life and could open the door to designer proteins and new medicines.

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Using bright X-rays from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), researchers pioneered an innovative approach to designing proteins with targeted functions.…

Plants are under constant stress due to pathogens, heat, or other environmental factors. Proteins can become damaged as a result and cell function is thrown off balance.…

From Ars Technica: Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids

I was not aware that so much of protein interactions is 'just' Brownian motion. I thought ATP is king, but it makes so much sense that those proteins just wiggle about in water until stuff happens.

A bacterium's genome, pulled into a straight thread, is nearly 1,000 times longer than the cell from which it came.

Zinc is an essential trace element that controls myriad biological processes. The delicate balance of its concentration in the body is critical; both deficiency and excess are linked to severe pathological states such as impaired immunity, delayed wound…

Some types of fungi borrowed a gene from ancient bacteria that gave the ability to make ice and trigger rain.

Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg said at WIRED Health in London that the startup has built a “broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines.”

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