Researchers explore “block and lock” strategy for functional HIV cure
For millions of people living with HIV, a daily regimen of medications is a lifelong necessity. If they…
AlphaFold Database expands with millions of predicted protein complexes
A new collaboration between EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, and Seoul National University has made…
Study uncovers how tuberculosis bacteria fuel themselves during infection
Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered how the bacteria that causes tuberculosis fuels itself during infection, providing new insights…
Study reveals how disordered proteins function without stable structure
A new LMU study shows how proteins function reliably even without a stable 3D structure – and the…
Scientists win awards for the discovery of genomic imprinting and tumor’s power grid
For their discovery of genomic imprinting, developmental biologists Davor Solter and Azim Surani will receive the 2026 Paul…
New study identifies specific brain cells most vulnerable to ALS and dementia
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) belong to a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases with overlapping symptoms,…
Simplified nanoparticles “educate” the immune system to find and destroy disease-causing cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a simplified version of biodegradable nanoparticles that can “educate” the…
Scientists map epigenetic changes across aging brain cells
Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer’s to Parkinson’s…
New catalog identifies dozens of plasma membrane repair proteins
In the evolutionary history of life, the ability of a cell to separate its inner world from the…
Long-read whole genome sequencing uncovers new genetic variants linked to autism
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder…
Most pandemic viruses show little adaptation before infecting humans
A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal…
FOXJ3 gene identified as the critical link between abnormal brain development and epilepsy
Researchers have discovered that mutations in the FOXJ3 gene act as a “master switch” failure, disrupting how the…