Scientists develop new toolkit for exploring protein biology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a broadly useful method to unmask new functional features of human proteins.
Biochemistry
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New functions of a protein may improve biocontrol methods in sustainable agriculture
The laboratory of the UMA "BacBio" has proved that Bacillus subtilis cells, when deprived of an amyloid protein (TasA), exhibit a range of cytological anomalies and dysfunctions leading to their premature death. This discovery ...
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2020
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Forgotten and lost - when proteins 'shut down' our brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Which modules of the tau protein, in neurons of Alzheimer disease patients, may act in a destructive manner were investigated by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen) ...
Feb 17, 2009
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Scientists identify one cause of damage in Alzheimer's disease, find a way to stop it
Researchers suspect that a protein superstructure called amyloid beta is responsible for much of the neural damage of Alzheimer's disease.
Biochemistry
Nov 9, 2010
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Researchers closer to early detection of Parkinson's disease
(Phys.org)—In collaboration with colleagues at Oxford, a team of researchers at Umeå University in Sweden has now further elaborated its discovery of a way to detect Parkinson's disease at an early stage, and applications ...
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2012
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Alzheimer substance may be the nanomaterial of tomorrow
Amyloid protein causes diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. But amyloid also carries unique characteristics that may lead to the development of new composite materials for the nano processors ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 16, 2013
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Horse sickness shares signs of human brain disorders, study finds
Horses with a rare nerve condition have similar signs of disease as people with conditions such as Alzheimer's, a study has found.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2015
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New microscopy method provides unprecedented look at amyloid protein structure
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are often accompanied by amyloid proteins in the brain that have become clumped or misfolded. A newly developed technique that measures the orientation of single ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 4, 2020
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The ribosome: A new target for antiprion medicines
New research results from Uppsala University, Sweden, show that the key to treating neurodegenerative prion diseases such as mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may lie in the ribosome, the protein synthesis machinery ...
Biochemistry
Jul 2, 2013
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Approval of first RNA interference drug – why the excitement?
Small interfering RNA sounds like something from a science fiction novel rather than a revolutionary type of medicine. But this odd-sounding new drug offers a novel strategy for treating disease by targeting the root cause ...
Biotechnology
Aug 17, 2018
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