Room to move: Neutron scattering shows how proteins behave in crowded environments

Proteins are essential molecules in living systems. They move, interact and organize themselves to carry out a wide range of ...
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Deep learning enhances accuracy and efficiency in protein structure prediction

This review provides an overview of traditional and modern methods for protein structure prediction and their characteristics and introduces the groundbreaking network features of the AlphaFold family ...
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From chaos to order: Proteins can re-structure themselves to create important substances

The protein 'MIPS' changes its internal structure when it becomes active. Its disordered active centre becomes a defined structure with special functions. The protein plays a key role in the ...
STAT

2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry: Three scientists win for groundbreaking work in proteins

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. LONDON — A trio of scientists who opened new doors in our understanding ...
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Protein structure competition, of AlphaFold fame, nearing deal to replace lost NIH funding

A three-decade-old competition that has spawned three Nobel laureates is becoming victim to the chaos at the National Institutes of Health. The Community Wide Experiment on the Critical Assessment of ...

AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This start-up wants to figure out which ones matter.

10x Science has raised a $4.8 million seed round to help pharmaceutical researchers understand complex molecules.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their breakthrough work predicting and designing the structure of proteins, the ...