A new discovery inside your cells may change how scientists understand disease and design future treatments. Researchers have ...

Researchers have described a large set of previously unrecognized enzymatic domains—named the Lipocone superfamily—and outlined their evolutionary pathway from bacterial defense molecules to key ...

The hippocampus is an important brain region known to support various cognitive (i.e., mental) processes, including the ...

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is the most common form of dementia, with symptoms appearing after age 65. Since ...

The molecule Wnt, which plays a role in cell communication during human development, evolved from a superfamily with a shared lipid-modifying mechanism originally involved in bacterial defence and ...

Nucleons, which include protons and neutrons, are the composite particles that make up atomic nuclei. While these particles have been widely studied in the past, their internal structure has not yet ...

In Brazil, researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) conducted experiments on rats and identified that a protein-deficient diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding can compromise the ...

Our cells produce a variety of proteins, each with a specific role that, in many cases, means that they need to be in a ...

The world of protein engineering just took a giant leap forward. A team in China has developed a method that makes designing ...

One of those genes encodes the enzyme DHDDS, part of the pathway that glycosylates proteins in higher cells. Retinitis ...

How are cells structured? Learn about the size and function of plant and animal cells for GCSE Biology, AQA.