Biochemistry

Aging is a complex biological process which is accompanied by an increasing number of toxic protein aggregates in the cells....

A biochemist from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a co-author on a paper in...

Despite having a diameter tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair, nanopores could be the next big...

The discovery of a new “reset” button for the brain’s master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments for...

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s or Parkinson’s are caused by defect and aggregated proteins accumulating in brain nerve cells that...

Lawrence Livermore researchers in conjunction with collaborators at University of California (link is external), Los Angeles have found that some...

Certain bonds connecting biological cells get stronger when they’re tugged. Those bonds could help keep hearts together and pumping; breakdowns...

In a paper published Thursday, June 5, in the journal Cell, Vanderbilt University researchers establish for the first time that...

As far back as 1948, Erwin Schrödinger—the inventor of modern quantum mechanics—published the book “What is life?” Dr David Turton,...

Biologists have discovered how an outer shield over T-type channels change the electrochemical signaling of heart and brain cells. Understanding...