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In a new study based on mouse cells internationally leading protein researchers have identified several new potential targets using state-of-the-art mass spec technology, many of which could be employed for future treatment of different types of cancers and diseases.

Researchers have discovered a hormone-like peptide in plants that helps increase their tolerance to excessive salt. They found several genes that can increase salinity tolerance, the most effective being a small gene that codes for the peptide AT13

Enzymes made by microorganisms living in the Amazon could be the key to increasing production of ethanol fuel in the world's biggest ethanol producer, Brazil.

Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and linoleic acid (LA) are plant-based essential fats—called polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)—that humans consume through diet. A new study has shown how regular consumption of these fats controls gene expression in skeletal muscle.

Biochemists have isolated a protein supercomplex from a bacterial membrane that, like a battery, generates a voltage across the bacterial membrane. The voltage is used to make ATP, a key energy currency of life.

Scientists report that antibodies made in response to a vaccine against one hemorrhagic fever virus—Junin—can successfully disarm one of its cousins, Machupo, for which there’s currently no vaccine.

Researchers have discovered how the Clostridium difficile toxin B recognises the human Frizzled protein, the receptor it uses to invade intestinal cells and lead to deadly gastrointestinal infections.

A synthetic biology research team has combined cell-free protein synthesis and mass spectrometry to develop a new biotech technique that promises to accelerate research into protein therapies. The fruits of their labour could one day become the next defence against antibiotic-resistant supergerms or the next new drug.

Scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are zeroing in on how Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus can lead to cancer in people.

A new protein analysis tool developed at the University at Buffalo could vastly increase the speed and precision with which disease and drug effects are analyzed.