Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Duke University have shown that 3-4% of self-identified black people in the United States have a genetic variant that increases the risk of …
mutation in McGill 2 The gene that causes Schaaf-Yan syndrome (SYS), an extremely rare disorder that affects neuronal and cognitive development, produces truncated, non-functional proteins that tend to accumulate in …
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 has the troubling ability to frequently mutate itself. Other viruses mutate, but as SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly throughout humanity during the pandemic, killing millions, the …
image: Postdoctoral researcher Athanasios Litios and university professor Brenda Andrews view more Image source: University of Toronto An international team led by University of Toronto researchers has mapped the movement …
Summary: Researchers have made significant discoveries in understanding the mechanisms behind protein accumulation in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Studying fruit flies, the team found that a reduction in …
Researchers have uncovered the regulatory mechanism of a specific protein that plays a key role in balancing immune responses triggered by viral infections in mammalian cells. These findings may help …
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have revealed the complex structures of two Parkinson’s disease-related proteins, both of which have been implicated in late-onset cases. Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 …