Biochemistry is the study of the chemicals and chemistry of living organisms. Biochemists study biomolecules (such as proteins, RNA, DNA, sugars, and lipids), their applications and interactions in ...

Proteins and peptides form the cornerstone of cellular function, serving not only as essential catalysts and structural components but also as mediators of signalling and regulation in health and ...

About one-third of all drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration target the largest family of cell membrane ...

Aisha Burton is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH; MD, USA), where her research focuses on characterizing small proteins to understand regulatory mechanisms, ...

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease are caused by folding errors (misfolding) in proteins or peptides, i.e. by changes in their spatial structure. This is the ...

Quercetin, a plant-based flavonoid that give plants their bright colours, was found to disrupt malaria parasites.

Researchers from the Ottawa HospitalResearch Institute and the University of Ottawa in Canada, along with researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation at the Barcelona Institute for Science and ...

Sometimes, life can be a real drag—especially if you’re a protein weighed down by unwanted baggage. Researchers have unveiled evidence that these ponderous proteins could be involved in a range of ...

The Biochemistry and Proteomics Laboratories at Clarkson University receives funding from National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R15CA260126. Doctors may ...