Proteins are the end products of the decoding process that starts with the information in cellular DNA. As workhorses of the cell, proteins compose structural and motor elements in the cell, and they ...

For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying protein crystals. In the early days of microgravity research, scientists discovered that ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how scientists understand proteins—these are working molecules that drive nearly every process in the human body, from cell growth and immune defense to ...

University of Missouri researchers have released the world's largest collection of protein models with quality assessment—a ...

Two key protein structures in the body are being visualized for the first time, thanks in part to the latest technology in the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Advanced Structural Biology — ...

Microgravity offers a disruptive environment for drug discovery by removing convection and sedimentation. This enables higher-quality protein crystals, more physiologically relevant 3D cell cultures, ...

A Crystallographer's Little Helper Creating a protein crystal structure diagram from raw X-ray diffraction data is a labor-intensive task that can take weeks to months.

What the research is about The sweet aroma of sugar and freshly baked bread-sugars are a familiar part of our everyday ...

A Nigerian-led research team at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has recorded a major scientific breakthrough in the global fight against malaria.The team successfully determined and ...

In the wee hours of an October morning, David Baker, a protein biologist at the University of Washington (UW), received the most-awaited phone call in a scientist’s career. Halfway around the world, ...

How did life originate? Ancient proteins may hold important clues. Every organism on Earth is made up of proteins. Although all organisms—even single-celled ones—have complex protein structures now, ...