Why some cancer patients develop metastases and others do not is largely unclear. Researchers headed by Daria Siekhaus, PhD, at the Institute of Science and Technology (ISTA) in Austria, are now ...

Mitochondrial carrier proteins are integral components of the inner mitochondrial membrane that mediate the bidirectional transport of a diverse array of substrates, including metabolites, nucleotides ...

A recent study unveiled a key enzyme involved in producing selenoproteins, opening new strategies for treating certain types of cancer in children. A recent study from the University of Würzburg ...

Conjugate vaccines are composed of bacterial polysaccharide antigens covalently linked to protein carriers, enabling T cell-dependent immune responses that induce high-affinity antibodies and ...

Scientists led by a team at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, have worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria—the “powerhouses” of ...

New USC research shows that iron serves as a gas pedal driving certain immune cells that cause inflammation in the lungs during an allergic asthma attack—and blocking or limiting iron may reduce the ...