Proteins are the end products of the decoding process that starts with the information in cellular DNA. As workhorses of the cell, proteins compose structural and motor elements in the cell, and they ...

In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body’s own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive deficits. What triggers this sudden biological ...

Scientists at Stanford may have uncovered a hidden reason our brains decline with age. Studying the ultra-short-lived turquoise killifish, researchers discovered that the cellular machinery ...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who have help unravel some of the enduring secrets of proteins, the building blocks of life. While Demis Hassabis and John ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. illustration of blue neuron with orange clumps around them Despite decades of research, the direct cause of brain damage in ...

After nearly four decades of research, Mayo Clinic scientists have revealed the molecular structure of protein kinase C beta ...