These insights could drive the development of new drugs to treat transthyretin amyloidosis, a progressive and fatal disease.

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy ...

Insights into the structures could lead to improved treatment strategies for transthyretin amyloidosis, a progressive, fatal disease in men.

The importance of this technology has also been recognized in Thailand, and the first cryo-electron microscope was introduced at Mahidol University last year. In this research, we aim to provide ...

A novel mechanism that enables cells to maintain energy production even when their main power supply drops/fails has been ...

The researchers conducted the experiments in two different ways. First, they purified the polymerase and determined its ...

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Zhu Shujia from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and ...

Although scientists can learn a lot from cell culture and animal models, they cannot truly substitute for all parts of the ...

The bacterial cell wall is crucial to maintain viability. It has previously been suggested that Gram-positive bacteria have a periplasmic region between the cell membrane and peptidoglycan cell wall ...

The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) announced on the 8th that it has introduced a 300 kV class high-resolution cryo-electron microscope (Cryo-EM) and held a ceremony to ...

A research team has discovered how the 'Shethna protein II' protects the nitrogen-fixing enzyme nitrogenase from damage. The oxygen sensor protein could help to make nitrogenase usable in ...