A sign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo warns people that Ebola is in the area. (Credit: Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock)
The Ebola virus continues to ravage populations across Africa. But earlier this week, researchers reported that...
Related topics: Ebola, Virus, Virology, Medical Research
Researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco, have developed an experimental approach that could lead to a universal vaccine for the common cold.
Related topics: Medical Research, Vaccines
Proteins keep our organs functioning, regulate our cells and are the targets for medications that treat a number of diseases, including cancers and neurological diseases. Proteins need to move in order to function. But, because the technology they...
Related topics: Cancer, Oncology
Researchers have discovered how a cancer-linked version of the protein mitoNEET can close voltage-dependent anion channels (VDAC), primary gateways in the outer surface of mitochondria. The researchers detail how mitoNEET regulates VDAC, and they...
Related topics: Cancer, Oncology, Medical Research
In early test tube and mouse studies, investigators at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have found that nonmuscle myosin IIC (MYH14), a protein activated in response to mechanical stress, helps promote metastatic...
Related topics: Medical Research, Pancreatic Cancer, Cancer, Oncology, Stress
Bio-engineering researchers have created a biocompatible, protein-based hydrogel that could serve as a drug delivery system durable enough to survive in the body for more than two weeks while providing sustained medication release. The research...
Related topics: Medical Research
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals who report being discriminated against but who feel close to their fathers have lower levels of C-reactive protein --a measure of inflammation and cardiovascular risk--than those without support from their...
Related topics: Cardiology
Proteins keep our organs functioning, egulate our cells and are the targets for medications that treat a number of diseases, including cancers and neurological diseases. Proteins need to move in order to function. But, because the technology they...
Related topics: Medical Research, Cancer, Oncology
Two years after discovering a way to neutralize a rogue protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, University of Alberta Distinguished University Professor and neurologist Jack Jhamandas has found a ... Read more
Related topics: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research
Biopharmaceuticals are necessary, life-saving tools. But the process for making them is time-consuming and costly, particularly when it comes to the process of purification -- the removal of unwanted elements like proteins, viruses, and DNA.
Related topics: Algorithms, DNA, Genetics
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a new platform to create biologic drugs using specially engineered bacteria that burst and release useful proteins when they sense that their capsule is becoming too crowded.
A research team has identified a potential target for treating heart failure related to fibrosis. The study looked at an epigenetic 'reader' protein known as BRD4, showing that it serves a central role in regulating the activation of cardiac...
Related topics: Medical Research, Heart Failure
Del Taco and Blaze Pizza are joining the growing plant-based protein movement.
The two restaurant chains are launching new vegan tacos and pizza.
A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers provides new insight on targeted therapy for colorectal cancer metastasis.
Published in Nature Communications, the study focused on Neuropilin-1 (NRP1), a transmembrane protein...
Related topics: Medical Research, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Cancer, Oncology, Metastasis
A team of scientists will use E. coli cells to help understand how human cells break down excess or unusable proteins into amino acids they can use.