Researchers show how damaged tissue is reshaped to trigger painful bone formation in muscles and tendons CHINA, ...

Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells alive and functioning. When cells experience stress—such as lack of nutrients ...

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are tiny membrane-bound particles released by cells to transport proteins and other molecules to neighboring cells. Because of this natural delivery ability, EVs have ...

Chinese scientists’ research could open new doors for ‘precision-targeted’ treatment of the most common form of dementia.

Origami is collaborating with Ipsen to develop molecules designed to remove or correct abnormal proteins in neurodegenerative diseases.

Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty ...

Clearance mechanisms are key to removing aggregates and maintaining metastability.

Mitochondria possess their own mRNA translation system, mediated by specialized mitoribosomes. Dysregulation of mitochondrial translation disrupts metabolic homeostasis and is linked to various ...

The brain's ability to do everything from forming memories to coordinating movement relies on its cells producing the right proteins at the right time.

New scientific theory based on ancient proteins suggests that genes did not arise as we believed and that life could have started elsewhere.