Biochemistry is the study of the chemicals and chemistry of living organisms. Biochemists study biomolecules (such as proteins, RNA, DNA, sugars, and lipids), their applications and interactions in ...

Proteins and peptides form the cornerstone of cellular function, serving not only as essential catalysts and structural components but also as mediators of signalling and regulation in health and ...

A new study identifies a biological process that empowers specific brain cells to eliminate harmful proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease. By increasing the levels of a specific regulatory ...

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease are caused by folding errors (misfolding) in proteins or peptides, i.e. by changes in their spatial structure. This is the ...

In a study published in the journal Nucleic Acid Research, a research team at Karolinska Institutet has performed a ...

Researchers have discovered how the GRP94 protein enlists the help of other proteins to shield it from glycosylation.

Sugar-based liquid solvents store injection-based therapeutics such as insulin and vaccines. Assistant Professor of Chemistry ...

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their ...

In Greek mythology, Proteus, son of Poseidon and prophetic shepherd of sea-beasts, could foretell the future. The elusive sea god was difficult to capture as he assumed many forms—a lion, a serpent, ...

An HPV vaccine delivered into the nose can treat cervical tumors in mice. The vaccine targets a cancer protein produced by the virus.

When blood cancer in children progresses particularly aggressively, it is often due to a genetic defect: a gene fusion, such ...