Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) harnesses the molecular machinery of living cells in an open in vitro environment to produce proteins without the constraints of cell viability. Derived from crude ...

Cells carry their own growth switches. When enough nutrients—amino acids in particular—are available, cells flip this switch ...

Proteins are among the most important molecular building blocks of life. They are chains of amino acids assembled in our cells by ribosomes, the molecular "protein factories" of our bodies. The ...

Cells carry their own growth switches. When enough nutrients-amino acids in particular-are available, cells flip this switch on and begin to grow. Researchers at KAIST and Yonsei University have now ...

Cellular repair inside laboratory environments remains a huge focus across biochemistry. Researchers keep pushing to see how short amino acid chains talk Peptides are short chains of amino acids ...

Scientists at IISc uncover the mechanism by which the encephalomyocarditis virus exploits host ribosomes through IRES, ...

Within aging organisms, cells slowly lose their youthful precision: Membranes stiffen, repair systems malfunction, and proteins begin to misfold and pile up. One of the cell organelles that ...

New research headed by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine suggests that when bacteria are under antibiotic attack, it is not “every man for himself.” The team developed a genetic system in ...