Proteins control most of the body's functions, and their malfunction can have severe consequences, such as neurodegenerative diseases or cancer. Therefore, cells have mechanisms in place to control ...

A study led by researchers of the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) has developed a new ...

Programmed Cell Death Protein-1 (PD-1) represents endogenous mechanisms of negative immunoregulation. While the modulation of effector functions has been the major focus of PD-1 research, quick PD-1 ...

Mitochondrial myopathies caused by diverse mitochondrial stressors, including mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion or ...

In the late 1980s, Ambros and Ruvkun were postdoctoral researchers in the laboratory of Robert Horvitz, who received the ...

Salmon and tuna are both nutrient-dense sources of protein. Which fish is healthier? Dietitians discuss the nutrition content ...

MicroRNAs, or miRNAs, are small, non-coding molecules of RNA. They play an important role in determining how much messenger RNA (mRNA), which carries genetic information, eventually gets translated ...

A team of researchers has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the underlying causes of cardiovascular disease in ...

Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun won the prize Monday. MicroRNAs are a class of tiny, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene activity. A small worm was the silent hero behind the milestone.

During protein synthesis, or translation, genetic information transcribed in the cell's mRNA directs the stringing together of amino acids—the building blocks of proteins. As the translation machinery ...