If future studies confirm the rescued receptors work normally, the study offers a new roadmap for rare disease drug development.

A study published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is the first time researchers have shown evidence that a single ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

“This is the first detailed study of how and where ORC regulates epigenetics and gene expression in human cells,” said Anindya Dutta, Ph.D., leader of the study and chair of the University of Alabama ...

A research led by the IBB-UAB has managed to decypher the structure of the human protease SENP5, implicated in neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular diseases and the development of cancer. The ...

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is the most common form of dementia, with symptoms appearing after age 65. Since carriers of clusterin risk alleles have an increased likelihood of developing ...

By tracking the fate of individual embryonic stem cells, researchers have found that endoderm cells—early embryonic cells that give rise to tissues such as the gut and lungs—originate from multiple ...

Taste receptors are specialized proteins that facilitate the sense of taste. There are different groups of receptors for ...

Microplastics have been detected in human blood, brain tissue, and even bones, where they may weaken skeletal structure and ...

Researchers analyzed 62 scientific studies and found that microplastics can harm bones in several ways. These tiny plastic ...