One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which form tangled fibrils in the brain.
MIT chemists used NMR spectroscopy to reveal the disordered “fuzzy coat” surrounding Tau protein fibrils, offering new ...
A single damaged protein inside one brain cell may seem insignificant. Yet new research shows how that small mistake can ...
Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...
The blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers are protective systems that prevent harmful substances from entering the brain and ...
Cells and their organelles are surrounded by lipid membranes that act as ‘gatekeepers’ by controlling the exchange of cellular components and materials. Most membrane lipids are synthesized in an ...
A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...
Inside each cell of the human body are proteins that control which genes are expressed at the right place and time. However, intriguingly, many of the most important proteins involved in gene ...
Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for enteroviruses ...
The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...
On Wednesday, the Nobel Committee announced that it had awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to researchers who pioneered major breakthroughs in computational chemistry. These include two researchers ...