AI-designed proteins built from scratch can recognize specific compounds

Professor Gyu Rie Lee of the Department of Biological Sciences successfully designed artificial proteins that selectively ...

Clinical trial shows gene editing works for β-Thalassaemia, too

Now, following up on that success, a large Chinese collaboration has followed up with a description of an improved gene ...

A smarter way to build vaccines: Scientists harness AI to target emerging alphaviruses

A team of scientists at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), led by Nikos Vasilakis, Ph.D., and Peter McCaffrey, MD ...
AHA/ASA Journals

Defective Trophoblast Differentiation, Endothelial Dysfunction, and Immune Dysregulation in Preeclampsia Coalesce on a Placental VGLL3-Centered Gene Netw…

BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia affects approximately 1 in 10 pregnancies, leading to severe complications and long-term health ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Metabolic enzyme may predict who benefits from cancer immunotherapy

A metabolic enzyme found in the support cells surrounding tumors may hold the key to predicting which cancer patients will ...
Medical Xpress

ZR fusion protein sways normal brain cell development toward cancer growth, study reveals

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions reveal in the journal Nature a novel mechanism that ...
Wired

Japan Approves the World’s First Treatment Made With Reprogrammed Human Cells

Researchers in Japan pioneered reprogrammed cells 20 years ago. Now the country has given the first-ever authorizations to manufacture and sell medical products based on the technology. “We are very ...
STAT

Cancer cells can ‘barf’ proteins onto their cell surface. That may create new targets for immunotherapies

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...
Today

The No. 1 Plant-Based Protein for a Filling Breakfast, According to a Dietitian

Don't underestimate the power of plants to get you going in the morning. Not only are plant-based proteins just as filling and satisfying as animal protein, but they also provide a slew of nutrients ...
GEN

Standouts among Non-CHO Cell Expression Systems

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines are one of the most-used cell-based protein expression systems for therapeutics, thanks to their ability to support post-translational modifications such as ...
Food

FDA greenlights plant-based egg protein as industry rebuilds after bird flu

The FDA’s GRAS notification clears Plantible Foods to scale production of its RuBisCO-based egg alternative as demand for sustainable, functional proteins grows The Food and Drug Administration issued ...
News Medical

New technology maps protein production across individual brain cells

The brain's ability to carry out everything from forming memories to coordinating movement depends on its cells producing the right proteins at the right time. But directly measuring this protein ...