This study provides useful insights into addressing the question of whether the prevalence of autoimmune disease could be driven by sex differences in the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire, correlating ...

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

The Federal Circuit recently held an asserted patent was not entitled to its priority date because the priority application lacked written ...

NASA has confirmed that dust from the ancient asteroid Bennu contains tryptophan, an amino acid tied both to human mood and ...

Hydration modulates aromatic interactions, explaining why Tyr is a stronger sticker than Phe in aqueous environments like protein condensates but not in the cores of folded proteins.

With the advent of AI-powered protein design tools, protein-based therapeutics may no longer be constrained by the limits imposed by natural selection.

A new analysis of samples returned from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has revealed a rich collection of organic molecules, ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after ...

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

In five years since AlphaFold's debut, it has transformed basic biochemical research. But its long-term effect on drug ...

A new study suggests that arginine, a common amino acid, may help reduce the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer’s ...