Kirill Alexandrov Artificial intelligence–designed “smart” proteins can be programmed to turn on when they detect a certain ...

A comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes has just been completed and released. Researchers used large-scale evolutionary modeling to integrate data on ...

Carbohydrates, also known as glycans, are one of the four foundational biological macromolecules, along with nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids. All of these macromolecules have distinct, essential ...

Inside living cells, proteins are constantly moving, interacting and organising into complex structures. In many cases, they ...

Protein droplets serve important biological functions within cells, but in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, these ...

CiQUS researchers introduces an innovative chemical strategy to create biomimetic structures with greater efficiency. The design of more versatile and controllable synthetic cells could unlock new ...

From energy production to genetic changes: molecules are constantly in motion within biological cells. However, experimentally investigating such processes, which occur on very small length and time ...