The University of Cambridge scholar’s research on folding proteins advanced scientists’ understanding of illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and type 2 diabetes.

Membraneless organelles appear highly sensitive to ion concentrations in their environment.

Unlike biotech tools adapted from nature, the invention was entirely conceived by humans and represents one of the few proteins made from scratch in the lab.

A study fails to detect ancient proteins among the microbes, adding to the debate about whether peptides can survive tens of millions of years underground.

At $2 million for a single dose, Novartis’s Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine to date, but still less expensive over a lifetime than another approved drug for the rare genetic disease.

Of the Hemiptera bugs, milkweed-chomping Oncopeltus fasciatus have hung onto more smell and taste receptors than their liquid-guzzling relatives.

A gene helps motor neurons successfully venture out from the spinal cord to muscles during mouse development.

In cell division, a protein called spastin appears to help tear down a bridge between daughter cells.

When hair follicle stem cells lose their protein-based death cue, they take on a new role helping to repair wounds in skin.