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One of the first products made using a novel animal-free egg white is now available in the United States. The unique macarons are the first to be made with an egg white protein that comes from engineered yeast, designed to be indistinguishable from wha… Continue reading First chicken-free egg white product reaches US markets
Researchers in Australia have discovered that a touch-sensitive protein normally found in skin is also located in the gut. There, it seems to sense the presence of food and triggers contractions to push it along, while reduced levels of this protein ma… Continue reading Surprising gut protein discovery is new target for constipation treatment
Very early in the pandemic doctors began tracking the association between COVID-19 disease severity and a patient’s blood type. Now researchers have validated those early observations, finding several blood proteins are causally linked to an increased risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Blood, Protein, Genetics, King’s College London, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Genetic study reveals causal link between blood type and COVID severity
The CRISPR gene-editing system is a powerful tool that could revolutionize medicine and other sciences, but unfortunately it has a tendency to make edits to the wrong sections of DNA. Now, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have identifie… Continue reading Protein tweak makes CRISPR gene editing 4,000 times less error-prone
A new kind of milk will soon hit US shelves but it isn’t some plant-based product designed to resemble dairy milk. Instead it is made from whey proteins produced by microflora engineered to spit out exactly the same proteins found in milk from a cow.Co… Continue reading Animal-free dairy milk set to finally hit US retail shelves
A new preclinical study has demonstrated how an experimental drug can treat type 2 diabetes by increasing the expression of a recently discovered protein found to influence insulin signaling in cells. Across several mouse studies, the research shows th… Continue reading Promising new drug target to treat diabetes and other metabolic diseases
The leading cause of miscarriage is that human eggs are surprisingly bad at managing the number of chromosomes in them. But now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute have identified a motor protein that helps this process function smoothly, leading … Continue reading Restoring a deficient “motor” protein could improve fertility success
Researchers have developed a new type of artificial muscle that’s entirely made out of natural proteins. Responding to changes in its environment allows the muscle to flex on demand, which could make it useful for implants, prosthetics or robotics.Cont… Continue reading Artificial muscles made of human proteins make for better implants
Examining the tiny world of proteins is tricky, but researchers at the Université de Montréal have developed a new tool that can let scientists peer closer, aiding study of disease and drug development. The team used DNA to create nanoantennas that flu… Continue reading Glowing nanoantennas made of DNA spy on proteins in action
Egg white powder is a very widely used food ingredient, which means that a lot of hens have to be raised on a lot of farms, consuming a lot of feed and producing a lot of waste. There may soon be a greener alternative, however, thanks to a fungus which… Continue reading Fungus-made protein may be an eco-friendly alternative to egg whites