Protein folding helpers such as TRiC and prefoldin (PFD) are crucial for the correct folding of many essential proteins. In a Nature study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

In a quiet freshwater pond in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo, researchers have pulled from the water a microscopic giant that ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body.

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of ...

Oral vaccines promise painless, needle-free protection—but the human gut evolved to destroy exactly what vaccines are made of ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...