A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

Cells are not immortal, and that is a good thing. After a certain number of divisions, many human cells stop multiplying for ...

A natural vitamin A transporter, RBP4, can awaken latent HIV through NF-κB signalling, offering a new angle for cure strategies. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks key immune ...

Biologists have long suspected that aging is not just a slow, inevitable fraying of our cells but a process governed by ...

The Human Domainome 1—the largest library of human protein variants—reveals the cause of certain genetic disorders, paving the way for personalized medicines. “We measured every possible mutation in ...

“A central goal of neuroscience is to develop an understanding of the brain that ultimately describes the mechanistic basis of human cognition and behavior,” said Jeremy Herskowitz, Ph.D., associate ...

A protein essential to the human body for managing energy and regulating appetite relies on a partner protein, according to ...

Researchers at National Taiwan University have uncovered, for the first time at atomic resolution, how the human proteasome ...