One example is follicle-stimulating hormone, which travels from the mammalian brain to the ovary, where it triggers egg release ... cardiac load. Cells have proteins called receptors that bind ...

constitute an abundant family of membrane receptors of high pharmacological interest. Cell-based assays are the predominant means of assessing GPCR activation, but are limited by their inherent ...

We wanted to use that biology to create a tool by which we could deliver cargo into egg cells." Vitellogenin is a big protein, but the team isolated the tiny part of it that binds to the receptor ...