Scientists based in Australia and China have identified a pair of pesky enzymes responsible for prolonging prostate cancer – ...

Natural products derived from microorganisms are a promising source of new active ingredients, but are often produced only in ...

When improperly folded proteins build up in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), cells become stressed and conditions such as type ...

Chemistry researchers at the University of Utah have uncovered an enzyme, dubbed PapB, that can "tie off" therapeutic ...

Community-acquired pneumonia is a major global health challenge that disproportionately affects vulnerable populations, ...

Recently, a novel procedure, ORF (an acronym for ostensible recognition of folds), was developed to identify protein homologs in genomic databases 1. As an initial test, ORF was used to predict a gene ...

Computational biology and bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops and applies computational methods to analyse large collections of biological data, such as genetic sequences, cell ...

Researchers improved an enzyme, rlevblg1, which breaks down sugar into gut-healthy fructooligosaccharides. By attaching it to ...