Researchers have identified a key molecular interaction that accelerates Parkinson’s disease by damaging the brain’s energy ...

Individual mammalian cells contain billions of protein molecules, which must be synthesized, deployed, and removed with ...

The average human cell contains roughly 10,000 different proteins. Existing as several to millions of copies in each cell, proteins mediate all manner of tasks, including chemical transformations, ...

Protein aggregates, damaged organelles, and invading bacteria are identified and removed in healthy cells. An international ...

The functioning of neurons, cells that transmit information in the nervous system, heavily relies on the production of ...

Polyamines are small molecules naturally present in all cells and are critical in guiding cellular decisions, whereas an ...

Many people still don’t understand how protein works, why it matters or the best ways to get enough of it in their diet. Here ...

Scientists have long been trying to tease apart hepatitis A virus, to understand its inner workings and how it functions in the human body. Infectious disease researchers have discovered that a little ...

RNA in cells performs an astounding number of functions. Messenger RNA carries the sequences of active genes to cellular machinery that turns it into proteins. And transfer RNA molecules are an ...

Scientists have long known that inherited neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or motor neuron ...

Cells that are about to die send a signal to an executioner protein, but sometimes, those cells can fight back and regenerate ...