Background. Peptide stapling is a macrocyclization strategy for the generation of α-helical peptides. By mimicking α-helical binding motifs that are found in many proteins, stapled peptides can ...

This review will furnish an account on the peptide ‘stapling’ technology and its exploitation in efforts to achieve an enhanced functional interrogation or manipulation of intracellular ...

Grace Rego's spine is curved so sharply that the "S" shape of it is obvious under the skin of her back. But you'd never know it to watch the 4-year-old clamber over a sofa or chase her little ...

Stomach stapling also seems to get riskier the more obese a patient is. So, an extremely heavy teen who is likely to grow into an even heavier adult might be better off opting for surgery sooner ...

Stomach Stapling Stops After Patient Dies. By ABC News. November 5, 2003, 6:06 PM.

Stapling was introduced in the late 1990s, and in some small studies was shown to be less painful and faster to heal than conventional surgery. A few short-term studies ...

The Claim: Ear stapling is based on the tenets of acupuncture. Its proponents assert that placing a surgical staple through a specific, protruding piece of cartilage in your ear can dull your appetite ...

The debate over the validity of ear stapling as a weight-loss tool is unlikely to end anytime soon, but state regulators might help answer one question about the controversial practice today: Who ...

Diabetes runs in Heather Britton’s family. Her mother died of complications at age 63, and over a dozen other relatives have the disease. Until a few years ago, Britton says she was convinced it ...