Scientists organize millions of proteins by shape, as predicted by AI, revealing 700,000 new families and some shapes unique ...

An international collaboration study reveals how evolution and locomotion patterns, such as bipedalism, shaped bone ...

Now, scientists have developed a method that allows precise, lifelong control of protein levels inside different tissues of a ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich recently explained the role of a molecular complex that orchestrates the production of proteins in ...

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AlphaFold didn't accelerate biology by running faster experiments. It changed the engineering assumptions behind protein ...

Biophysicists have designed a new cell-like transport system that represents an important milestone on the road to artificial cells. Biophysicists have designed a new cell-like transport system that ...

Scientists have discovered a microbe that bends the rules of the genetic code. This organism, Methanosarcina acetivorans, ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

In the early 1990s, protein biologists invested in solving a challenge that had riddled them for decades. The protein folding problem centered on the idea that biologists should be able to predict the ...

CCN proteins, a family of matricellular regulatory molecules, have emerged as pivotal modulators within the tumour microenvironment. Their functions extend beyond mere structural roles; they influence ...