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Meet some of the people featured in the April 2019 issue of The Scientist.

Advances in the functional characterization of newly discovered microproteins hint at diverse roles in health and disease.

A mollusk grows magnetic teeth so tough they can grind down rocks.  

Three techniques capture data on numerous protein interactions in plants, mice, and human cells.

Analyses of blood from thousands of people show distinct protein profiles are linked to complex diseases of aging.

Researchers initially set out to investigate the relationship between copper homeostasis and the rare Menkes disease, but they also found links to Parkinson’s.

Researchers are looking to proteins to explore the biology of ancient organisms, from medieval humans all the way back to dinosaurs.

How to analyze ancient proteins