Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids but ...

Ribosomes—the tiny factories that build proteins in our cells—don't all work with the same efficiency. Researchers from Japan ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have characterized a hidden intermediate state at the center of Src kinase function. This hidden state allows the kinase to repeatedly modify its ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich recently explained the role of a molecular complex that orchestrates the production of proteins in our cells. They now show that this complex also controls the processing of ...

The study presents valuable findings of an optimized E. coli cell-free protein synthesis (eCFPS) system that has been simplified by reducing the number of core components from 35 to 7; furthermore, ...

Snack bars, yogurts, ice cream, even bottled water: it seems like food makers have worked out ways to slip extra protein into just about anything as they seek to capitalize on a growing consumer trend ...

CrunchLabs, the maker of STEM activity kits for kids founded by NASA engineer turned YouTube science communicator Mark Rober, has launched Class CrunchLabs, a collection of free standards-aligned ...

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82125018, 32430058). Animal experiments were performed at the Tsinghua University Laboratory Animal Center; we thank the ...

There is an ever-expanding need for generating soluble and active proteins to be used for downstream high-throughput screening in structural biology and drug discovery. Obtaining soluble protein ...

This National Coffee Day, Smoothie King is launching a BRAND NEW coffee protein program called “Stars for Smoothies” that will let coffee and protein lovers show their Starbucks Rewards STARS for a ...

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