A study published in The American Journal of Human Genetics by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's ...

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they ...

Alpha-1-antitrypsin is a so-called protease inhibitor, a type of enzyme inhibitor. It is produced in the liver but exerts its effects in the lungs, where it regulates immune cell activity. This ...

As part of an international study, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry used spatial proteomics method ...

Researchers used integrated Mendelian randomization in a cohort of over 247,000 individuals to identify 62 plasma proteins associated with breast cancer risk. Nine high-confidence targets, including ...

Ethical chicken nuggets might soon be on the menu as Japanese scientists have successfully produced more than 10 grams of ...

With Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT), molecular genetics enables the correlation between changes in the structure and ...

New research pioneered by The University of Western Australia is shedding light on the intricate dance between proteins, DNA ...

Proteins are fundamental biomolecules that perform a broad range of vital functions within the human body. They serve as an essential structural and functional component of cells, tissues and organs ...

The liver is the body’s control tower for metabolism, powering vital functions like converting nutrients to glucose, storing ...

The STING protein, known for helping cells fight viral infections by generating inflammation, also appears to function as a ...

Scientists say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as 'guardians' of mitochondria, small organelles, or subunits, within a ...