Clinicians today have a huge arsenal of drugs at their disposal for treating cancers. But many chemotherapeutic agents pose stubborn challenges: they cause serious side effects, some cancers develop ...

A new theoretical foundation explaining the mechanism of protein folding and unfolding in water has been presented by researchers investigating the structure and dynamics of so-called Meso-Bio-Nano ...

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences returns analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) to the center of protein research and macromolecule characterization with the next-generation Optima AUC. The instrument is ...

Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the phenomenon of photosynthesis can enable significant progress in the fields of biotechnology and renewable energy. Photosystem II (PSII), a protein ...

The electrostatic properties of macromolecules—specifically, their electrical charge and interior dielectric characteristics—are a vital component of their function as they contribute to the physical ...

The structure of protein sets the foundation for its interaction with other molecules in the body and, therefore, determines its function. This article will cover the structural principles of proteins ...

Vakil Takhaveev joined Matthias Heinemann’s laboratory at the University of Groningen in 2015 to research cellular metabolism. Early in his studies using budding yeast as a model organism, he peered ...

The effect of feeding ethanol daily for 40 days has been studied on intestinal absorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and γ-globulin (IgG) in rats fed a low (8%) protein (LP) or a high (30%) protein ...

(Nanowerk News) Clinicians today have an arsenal of more than 200 drugs at their disposal for treating a range of cancers -- 68 drugs were approved between 2011 and 2016 alone. But many ...

Investigating the structure and dynamics of so-called Meso-Bio-Nano (MBN) systems—micron-sized biological or nanotechnology entities—is a rapidly expanding field of science. Now, scientists Alexander ...

BROOKLYN, New York - Clinicians today have an arsenal of more than 200 drugs at their disposal for treating a range of cancers -- 68 drugs were approved between 2011 and 2016 alone. But many ...