In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers discovered that the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is susceptible to cleavage at ...

Researchers in Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry Matthew D. Shoulders' lab have uncovered a sinister hidden mechanism that ...

One mutation may have been crucial to the covid-19 variant JN.1 spreading rapidly around the world last year, demonstrating how quickly the virus can adapt. “A single mutation in JN.1 was key for it ...

A University of Massachusetts Amherst scientist has discovered that a mutation in the misfolding protein that causes Parkinson’s disease offers protection against another fatal neurodegenerative ...

In humans, hundreds of proteins interact in a complex network dubbed the interactome. Those interactions are further complicated when disease-causing mutations are introduced into genes that code for ...

An international team of researchers including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a way ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism which can explain aspects of neurodegeneration which have baffled scientists for ...

Sickle cell diseases arises from hemoglobin protein mutations. The mutation causes red blood cells to form a sickle shape rather than a round one. One study suggests that this mutation could be ...

Ahead of harvest season in Hasakeh, the wheat is drying up. — © AFP Ahead of harvest season in Hasakeh, the wheat is drying up. — © AFP In a recent study, Tokyo ...

The functioning of neurons, cells that transmit information in the nervous system, heavily relies on the production of ...