New algorithm for functional protein design outperforms traditional methods
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), led by Prof. Liu Qi, in collaboration with Harvard ...
Researchers discover zip code that allows proteins to hitch a ride around the body
Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered an 18-digit code that allows proteins to ...
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USTC achieves breakthrough in functional protein design with deep generative models
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), led by Prof. LIU Qi, in collaboration with Harvard ...
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Cracking the sparkle code
Christina Termini, a cancer cell biologist who joined Fred Hutch Cancer Center in 2022, has won a $600,000, three-year award ...
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Tasca Raises $52 Million to Target Novel Lipid-Bound Protein Pocket in Cancer, Other Diseases
The company will develop a pipeline of small molecule inhibitors that target a unique lipid-binding pocket on proteins.
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Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Binding More Efficiently to Human Cells
A new study finds tweaking part of the H5N1 virus infecting dairy cows in a single spot could allow it to better attach to ...
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Tasca Therapeutics aims to drug protein pockets
Cicmil is particularly interested in proteins with hydrophobic pockets—potential binding sites for new drugs—that undergo the process of autopalmitoylation, which determines where the protein goes and ...
Surface protein study highlights a potential link between dental caries and renal lesions
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is an immune response disease affecting the filtering units of the kidneys. It is an intractable ...
‘Alma: Against the Clock’: Sulphur girl battles rare genetic disorder
Getting Alma, the medical care she needed was hard in their home country of Venezuela which is why her family decided to come to the United States. Today, they are grateful to see healthier changes in ...