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Last year, Alphabet’s DeepMind released an open source database of the 3D structures of hundreds of thousands of proteins, including all 20,000 known proteins in the human body. Now, this AlphaFold Protein Structure Database has been expanded to 200 mi… Continue reading Incredible database now includes almost every protein known to science
Last year, Alphabet’s DeepMind released an open source database of the 3D structures of hundreds of thousands of proteins, including all 20,000 known proteins in the human body. Now, this AlphaFold Protein Structure Database has been expanded to 200 mi… Continue reading Incredible database now includes almost every protein known to science
Scientists have discovered a gene, activated by exercise, which is responsible for building muscle strength. The find also opens the possibility of treatments that offer some of the health benefits even without exercise.Continue ReadingCategory: Health… Continue reading Scientists identify muscle-strength gene activated by exercise
Researchers at the University of California Riverside (UC Riverside) have identified a single protein that seems to control when hair follicles die. Armed with this new information, it might eventually be possible to reverse the process and stimulate h… Continue reading Scientists identify hair loss regulator protein, could be reversible
Researchers from China have developed a powerful new adhesive that grips strongly in extreme temperatures, from the deep freeze of liquid nitrogen to the sweltering heat of an oven. Better yet, it can be broken back down into its component parts and re… Continue reading Powerful new adhesive stays strong from freezing to boiling temperatures
An exciting new study from an international team of scientists has shed some light on exactly why elephants, one of the biggest animals on the planet, paradoxically experience unusually low rates of cancer. The research found these remarkable mammals c… Continue reading How elephants avoid cancer – and we could too
After months of delays the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. Once doses are available this will be the first protein-based COVID vaccine authorized in the Uni… Continue reading FDA finally authorizes Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in US
Scientists in Europe have discovered a molecular “zipper” mechanism that can lead to cell death in the genetic disease retinitis pigmentosa. The good news is that injecting certain proteins could slow down or prevent vision impairment from the disease…. Continue reading Tightening a molecular “zipper” could help prevent hereditary blindness
Researchers investigating the effects of stress on accumulations of toxic brain proteins linked with dementia have discovered a surprisingly counter-intuitive mechanism. A specific cellular stress response involving heat shock proteins has been found to reverse the build-up of these toxic proteins and future research will now look for a way to therapeutically trigger this mechanism.
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Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Protein, Brain, University of Cambridge, Heating, Neuroscience
Continue reading Heat shock proteins offer clues to reversing dementia in stressed cells
In phase 1 trials, an experimental siRNA therapy has shown promise for reducing levels of a lipoprotein associated with a higher risk of premature heart disease. The treatment could help fight a form of the disease that can’t currently be treated throu… Continue reading siRNA therapy shows promise for reducing genetic heart disease risk