Cells use proteins to make other proteins - new research could explain how the first proteins arose without other enzymes ...

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals ...

There are key moments in Earth's history that remain shrouded in mystery. The emergence of the first molecules capable of ...

Steven McKnight and Dirk Görlich received the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for their work on the role of ...

Researchers from Osaka University have described the link between accurate protein folding and misfolding that can lead to the formation of amyloid fibers, which are implicated in neurodegenerative ...

Liquid-liquid phase separation is not a precursor to formation of amyloid fibrils, a pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease, shows study. Rather, the formation of protein into liquid droplets ...

Small aggregates of proteins known as Aβ oligomers are suspected as the main cause for the development of Alzheimer's disease. However, it is not yet clear where and under what conditions these toxic ...