Some cells, such as immune cells, are highly mobile—they constantly remodel their shape, migrate toward a wound that needs to ...

Animal proteins provide all of the essential amino acids your body needs. (Getty Images) There’s lately been a preoccupation — verging on an obsession — with getting enough protein. And it’s no wonder ...

The human body is made up mostly of water. If this water is removed, the body's cells cannot survive, even when water is ...

The human body requires protein as one of its fundamental nutritional elements, and it is known as the 'building block of the body.' The body depends on protein to construct and restore muscles, as ...

A new machine learning method has achieved what even AlphaFold cannot — the design of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), the shape-shifting biomolecules that make up nearly 30% of all human ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to ...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are expressed on the surface of cells and regulate a range of important functions. Because they are involved in so many sensory and physiological processes, ...

Proteins, the pillars of cellular function, often assemble into 'complexes' to fulfill their functions. A study reveals why this assembly often begins during the very process of protein synthesis or ...

Protein is a key component of muscle, and if you don’t get enough, you suffer from muscle loss. Here's why you need to eat ...

Using a new method, researchers at ETH Zurich can measure alterations in the social network of proteins in cells. This work lays the foundation for the development of new drugs to treat diseases such ...