Membrane protein targeting and insertion is a fundamental process in cellular biology that ensures proteins are correctly delivered to, and integrated within, the lipid bilayer. Proteins destined for ...

Treatments that target a fragment of the mutant protein that causes Huntington's disease might be more effective than ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown pathway that allows toxic proteins linked to Huntington’s disease to spread ...

An estimated 20 percent of adults in the US experience chronic pain. 1 To help patients manage their condition, clinicians have employed one main type of pain-relieving drug: opioids. With their ...

Scientists have discovered a new way to advance drug discovery and diagnostics by targeting a part of the proteome (the complete set of proteins in an organism) that was previously thought ...

A protein already targeted by FDA-approved cancer drugs may also help the body fight influenza, according to new research ...

Acurastem received a grant to develop ALS therapies targeting SYF2, a regulator of TDP-43, in collaboration with academic ...

Researchers have created nanoparticles that can remove disease-driving proteins while also delivering a chemotherapeutic or ...