Neural Network Detects Protein-Peptide Binding Sites for Faster Drug Development

Medicine & Technology Aug 13, 2021

A pair of researchers from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) has developed an efficient neural network model trained to find protein-peptide binding sites, which could significantly advance peptide-based drug discovery.

DNA Helix Torsional Stiffness Measured Through a Novel Technique to Understand How Cells Work

Aug 12, 2021

A new method of measuring how stiff are DNA torsions was recently developed by scientists from Cornell.

AI Used to Predict 3D Structures of Proteins Made by Human Genome; Critical for Advancing Medicine

Jul 23, 2021

Scientists have been using AlphaFold artificial intelligence (AI) system to accelerate scientific projects that aim to develop new drugs for diseases and enzymes that can break down plastics. It offers a large dataset that unlocks advances in medicine.

Why Does Biting Into Ice Cream Gives Us That Awful Jolt of Pain?

Mar 26, 2021

Biting into an ice cream often gives us an 'awful jolt of pain,' and researchers have just found out the root of such pain by identifying 'odontoblasts.'

Combining Natural Occuring Proteins in the Immune System May Cure Rotavirus

Oct 03, 2020

Rotavirus affects hundreds of thousands of young children all over the world despite available vaccines. A new study reveals that combining two protein groups in the immune system may cure and prevent rotavirus.

Peptides Can Form Without Amino Acids

Jul 16, 2019

The results of the study may also be useful to the field of synthetic chemistry, as amide bond formation is essential for many commercially critical synthetic materials, bioactive compounds, and pharmaceuticals

Scientists Discover New Virus-Killing Protein to Destroy Viruses Related to HIV

Jul 09, 2019

The team found that ZAP no longer inhibit both CpG-enriched HIV and a mouse leukemia virus that has many CpGs

Solving Protein Structures from Tiny Crystals with a New Approach

May 03, 2019

The technique indeed opens the door to dealing with microcrystals that have been previously inaccessible such as difficult-to-crystallize cell-surface receptors and other membrane proteins, flexible proteins, and many complex human proteins

New Tools Developed To Locate And Control Bacterial Species In Gut

May 03, 2017

Scientists have created novel techniques that show how multiple bacteria in the gut can be identified as well as manipulated.

Dinosaur Proteins: From Evolution To Biomaterials To Extra-Terrestrial Life

Apr 27, 2017

Extracting proteins is possible now with the help of DNA that can encode majority of functions that keep living cells alive from even 80-million-old dinosaur bones.

Tumor Treatment Gets New Breakthrough: Measurement Of Source Proteins Explores New Hope For Cancer Patients

Apr 03, 2017

A new way to measure the proteins that are responsible for a tumor can explore the most prominent treatments and can provide the fittest answer to treating cancer also.

Malaria Parasites Have The Superpower To Pass Through Cell Walls

Mar 29, 2017

While working on the first insectary to grow human malaria parasites, researchers observed certain proteins that facilitate malaria parasites to 'walk through cell walls'

New Insights into Adult Blood Stem Cells

Mar 24, 2015

New Insights into Adult Blood Stem Cells

The Antigastronomist—Unboiling an Egg

Feb 03, 2015

While gastronomists and foodies alike have searched for new methods of altering the chemical composition of foods, chemists at UC Irvine and the University of Western Australia have found a way to undo some of the changes. In fact, after being tasked with finding new methods for reducing the costs of pharmaceutical development, the researchers have found a way to deconstruct the problem and solved the puzzle of unboiling an egg.

Scientists Can Now Unboil Eggs

Jan 26, 2015

Did you ever wish you could unboil those eggs you just finished boiling, just so that you could use them in some other culinary masterpiece? Well, maybe someday you can thanks to a team of scientists at the University of California.