Computational and structural biology
Why AlphaFold 3 needs to be open source
The powerful AI-driven software from DeepMind was released without making its code openly available to scientists.
New class of antimicrobials discovered in soil bacteria
Scientists have mined Streptomyces for antibiotics for nearly a century, but the newly identified umbrella toxin escaped notice.
Hinton lab maps structure of mitochondria at different life stages
An international team determines the differences in the 3D morphology of mitochondria and cristae, their inner membrane folds, in brown adipose tissue.
From the journals: MCP
Three views of mass spec: analyzing secreted protein spectra, imaging mass spectrometry for clinical use and spectral libraries for MS data analysis. Read about these recent papers.
From the journals: MCP
Amino acids and sulfate signatures. Unveiling phosphatase substrates. Simplifying bacterial proteome profiling. Read about recent papers on these topics.
From the journals: JBC
Cap-snatching viruses. Membrane makeup facilitates fusion. A disordered region promotes scaffold activity. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Proteomics study isolates drug targets
Researchers screen thousands of compounds in myeloid-derived suppressor cells, which suppress immune activities and promote a variety of diseases.
AI harnesses tumor genetics to predict treatment response
Many paths lead to cancer resistance; artificial intelligence can decode them all simultaneously.
AI generates proteins with exceptional binding strength
The advance could allow scientists to develop cheaper alternatives to antibodies for disease detection and treatment.