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A ring-like structure found in a protein complex called ‘Elongator' provides new clues to its tasks inside the cell and to its role in neurodegenerative diseases. It is the first ...
• Protein that sends painful touch signals identified
  
Researchers report that they have identified a class of proteins that detect "painful touch." Scientists have known that sensory nerves in our skin detect pressure, pain, heat, cold, and other ...
• A single protein helps the body keep watch over the Epstein Barr virus
  
Some 90 percent of people are exposed to the Epstein Barr virus at some point in their life. Even though it is quickly cleared from the body, the virus can ...
• Caltech scientists uncover structure of key protein in common HIV subgroup
  
PASADENA, Calif. -- Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have provided the first-ever glimpse of the structure of a key protein -- gp120 -- found on the surface ...
• New method for producing proteins critical to medical research
  
Scientists have developed a new method for producing proteins critical to research on cancer, Alzheimer's, and other diseases. The chemical method yields hundreds-fold more ubiquitylated proteins than current approaches. Such ...
• Melamine in milk Tiny gold particles help researchers find protein impostor
  
Researchers have developed a fast, economical and easy method to detect melamine in milk, using gold nanoparticles.
• Dangerous plaques in blood vessels rupture by overproducing protein busting enzymes
  
SEATTLE -- University of Washington (UW) researchers have gathered evidence that dangerous plaques in blood vessels can rupture by overproducing protein-digesting enzymes. Plaques are fat-laden...
• Dangerous custodians Immune cells as possible nerve cell killers in Alzheimers disease
  
Progressive dementia of Alzheimer's patients is due to an inexorable loss of nerve cells from the brain. Neuroscientists have now shown that microglia may actually make a significant contribution to ...
• Protein linked to problems with executive thinking skills
  
New research shows that a high level of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker for inflammation in the blood, is associated with brain changes that are linked to problems with executive ...
• MeCP2 Goes Global – Redefining the Function of the Rett Syndrome Protein
  
A paper published online today in Molecular Cell proposes that Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) impacts the entire genome in neurons, rather than acting as a regulator of specific ...