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Chemists discover structure of glucagon fibrils
Patients with type 1 diabetes have to regularly inject themselves with insulin, a hormone that helps their cells absorb glucose from the...
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Gold adds the shine of reversible assembly to protein cages
Protein cages--capsule-like structures made up of numerous protein molecules--perform roles in nature that have inspired their...
Jun 19, 20192 min read
Creative geometry: researchers create “impossible” nano-sized protein cages with the help of gold
Researchers from an international collaboration have succeeded in creating a “protein cage”—a nanoscale structure that could be used to...
May 10, 20193 min read
Directed evolution builds nanoparticles
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to three scientists who developed the method that forever changed protein engineering: directed...
Feb 27, 20193 min read
Scientists program proteins to pair exactly
Proteins have now been designed in the lab to zip together in much the same way that DNA molecules zip up to form a double helix. The...
Dec 19, 20182 min read
Switch-in-a-cell electrifies life
Scientists at Rice University have developed synthetic protein switches to control the flow of electrons. The proof-of-concept,...
Dec 17, 20183 min read
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