Researchers have discovered how unstructured segments of surface proteins regulate the biological function of a cell. Their ...

J. Miranda Rosenthal1,2, Stephanie A. Amiel1, Lidia Yágüez2,3, Edward Bullmore2, David Hopkins1, Mark Evans1, Andrew Pernet1, Helen Reid1, Vincent Giampietro2 ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and developing new therapeutic approaches constitutes an urgent healthcare priority. Almost one-third of patients surviving myocardial ...

When it comes to brain proteins, small changes can make a dramatic difference. Researchers studying NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, which are essential for learning, memory and moment-by-moment ...

Human ear muscles that ­scientists long believed were vestigial – or without function – are actually activated when we are trying to listen hard, a new study has found. Although the auricular ­muscles ...