A research team at Leibniz-HKI has described a new enzyme that renders the highly toxic molecule malleicyprol harmless.

The process of aging is associated with a decline in immune functions and persistent low-level inflammation. Now, researchers ...

Iron is vital but toxic when free, so organisms store it in proteins like ferritin. This study in frogs showed ferritin gene ...

A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...

Although the research centered on mAChR4 within the gut, this signaling protein is also known to influence areas of the brain involved in habit formation, learning and addiction. Because individuals ...

Engineered oncolytic bacteria have emerged as a promising therapeutic platform for precision cancer treatment, offering tumor ...

Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) systems are a powerful platform with immense potential in fundamental research, biotechnology, and synthetic biology. Conventional prokaryotic CFPS systems, ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified issues with most genomic sequence data for the Neisseria gonorrhoeae ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific protein, even proteins that would normally destroy them, ...

Research reveals that silica scaffolds can train the immune system against S. aureus, offering a novel approach to prevent ...

Anthrax’s virulence relies on AtxA, a key regulator. New research reveals AtxA directly links bacterial sugar intake to toxin production via a protein interaction. Glucose & CO2 levels impact AtxA, ...

AI systems have recently had a lot of success in one key aspect of biology: the relationship between a protein’s structure and its function. These efforts have included the ability to predict the ...