Bridge recombinases, optimized for human cells, enable massive programmable DNA rearrangements

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

Better together: Researchers discover how cells keep groups of proteins in check

The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

New protein interaction map sheds light on how brain cell communication breaks down in Alzheimer's disease

A new study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers one of the most comprehensive views yet of how brain ...

Apple researchers develop SimpleFold, a lightweight AI for protein folding prediction

Apple developed an alternative AI model to predict the 3D structure of proteins, and it shows promise. Here are the details.
The Economist

Nucleic acids and proteins

These chains come in a wide range of lengths. In humans a typical protein is about 400 amino acids long; some are a lot longer. Molecules of RNA, one of the two nucleic acids, can reach up to 100,000 ...

How a single protein rewires leukemia cells to fuel their growth

Cancer cells are relentless in their quest to grow and divide, often rewiring their metabolism and modifying RNA to stay one ...
The Scientist

Researchers Decode How Protein Language Models Think, Making AI More Transparent

By spreading out tightly packed information in neural networks, a new set of tools could make AI protein models easier to ...