David Baker, Nobel Prize laureate and UW biochemistry professor, detailed the design and applications of new proteins using ...

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside cells. But how these molecular vehicles identify and bind to the right cargo ...

Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, ...

Nature's oldest creatures defy aging rules. Greenland sharks live nearly 400 years. Ocean quahogs reach over 500 years.

Translation factors eIF1A and eIF5B are key repressors of an abnormal protein translation process linked to neurodegenerative ...

New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our ...

Harvard and Northwestern researchers combine AI and physics to design unstable proteins that comprise the dark proteome.

Camelid-derived nanobodies show promise in treating neurological disorders by crossing the blood-brain barrier with greater precision and fewer side effects.