An analysis of how synaptic proteins change during early development reveals differences between mice and marmosets but also what's different in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The ...

The maturation process of oocytes remains paused for several years. Researchers from Konstanz and Göttingen have now found out which protein ensures this state is maintained over such a long period.

ELVAs pictured under a microscope. The ‘superorganelle’ roams the cytoplasm, capturing and holding onto toxic protein aggregates to protect oocytes from their toxic effects. Oocytes are immature egg ...

The fertilization of an egg by a sperm is central to human reproduction. A complex biological process transforms immature oocytes into ones that can be fertilized. The process begins in the female ...

Recombinant protein vaccines, which are obtained by conventional genetic engineering, are based on the proteins of target pathogens that can activate our immune systems. Unlike other types of vaccines ...

From a virus's point of view, invading our cells is a matter of survival. The virus makes a living by highjacking cellular processes to produce more of the proteins that make it up. From our point of ...

Real-time and in-line accurate measuring of protein (monoclonal antibody, or mAb) concentration has been shown across a wide dynamic range (0–135 g/L) through the ...

One of the great biological mysteries of the human body is how hundreds of complex, origami-like proteins, many of which are crucial for normal body function, come to assume their final, correct shape ...