Researchers have pinpointed what causes normal proteins to convert to a diseased form, causing conditions like CJD and Kuru. For the first time, researchers have pinpointed what causes normal proteins ...

The scientists' new 'binder-tag' technique allows researchers to pinpoint and track proteins that are in a desired shape or 'conformation,' and to do so in real time inside living cells. The ...

The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain is central to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. But to the human eye, proteins that are ...

Prion diseases occur when normal prion protein, found on the surface of many cells, becomes abnormal and clumps in the brain, causing brain damage. Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform ...

New research from the University of Cincinnati bolsters a hypothesis that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a decline in levels of a specific protein, contrary to a prevailing theory that has been ...

The liquid portion (lysate) of cells is clear at normal temperature (left) but becomes cloudy after boiling (center). After researchers spin the tubes at high speeds (centrifugation), the cloudy ...