An international research team has for the first time obtained the structure of the light-sensitive sodium-pumping KR2 protein in its active state. The discovery provides a description of the mechanism behind the light-driven sodium ion transfer across the cell membrane. The paper came out in Nature Communications. KR2 is a member of a very large...
The immune system is one of the most powerful tools we have in the fight against cancer, but sometimes it needs a little extra help. In a new study from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, researchers have developed a new way to summon a wider variety of immune cells to target tumors. One of the...
by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) A new synthetic paper for finger-prick blood tests could provide accurate point-of-care diagnostics for cancer, COVID-19, and other serious diseases. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology say the innovation allows the detection of important biomarker proteins that might otherwise evade the blood plasma screening process. There are proteins in...
Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have developed a technique to monitor protein production in a type of immune cell known as a T cell & have shown that T cells with robust protein production are more effective MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA A team of scientists from Hollings Cancer...
Research suggests that potato protein can increase the rate of protein production in the muscles. New research suggests that potato is a plant-based source of protein that can help maintain muscle. A new study suggests that protein derived from potatoes can be of high quality and help a person develop and maintain muscle mass. The...
by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Vaccines are one of the most effective interventions to prevent the spreading of infectious diseases. They trigger the immune system to produce antibodies that protect the body against infection. However, we still lack efficacious vaccines for many important pathogens like the flu or dengue fever. “When a vaccine doesn’t...
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a coating that can be used to create textiles that repel viruses, along with bodily fluids such as saliva and blood. Interestingly, the coated textiles are reusable, and can be washed and scrubbed repeatedly without losing their virus-repelling properties. These characteristics may make them highly suited for...
by Max Planck Society Microscopic image of cell nuclei of cultured cells. HOXD13 condensates are labelled in red. The DNA is stained in blue. Credit: MPI f. Molecular Genetics/ Shaon Basu Repeats of individual building blocks within proteins are the cause of many hereditary diseases, but how such repeats actually cause disease is still largely...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress RUVBL2 protein (in red) acts to integrate the circadian repressive super-complex, and how the physiological metabolite of cordycepin (CoTP, the green key) breaks down the complex and causes a 12-hour clock phase-shift. Credit: Zhancong Xu A team of researchers from several institutions in China and two in the U.S....
by University of Barcelona\ Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona and the CELLEX Biomedical Research Centre from IDIBAPS, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Sydney, University of London and the Research Institute Sant Joan de Déu, have identified in a study with mice a protein which is fundamental...
