The world of protein engineering just took a giant leap forward. A team in China has developed a method that makes designing better proteins faster, cheaper, and easier. Led by Professor Gao Caixia ...

Enzymes in laundry detergents, insulin for diabetes, and the antibodies and enzymes used in medicine: all of these exist thanks to protein science and engineering. Protein engineering has transformed ...

UCLA scientists have developed a next-generation CAR-T cell therapy that can overcome the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, a protective shield that tumors use to weaken immune cells, block ...

Whether it’s cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer’s disease — badly behaved proteins are behind dozens of the most devastating diseases. If our bodies are an orchestra, proteins are our maestros. As ...

Researchers from Auburn University, partnering with the University of Basel in Switzerland, have discovered a new way to make a cancer-targeting protein complex more stable, opening doors to better ...

Mingze Yin et al, published in Health Data Science.3D structures of edited antibodies and corresponding antigens. Credit: Mingze Yin et al, published in Health Data Science. Researchers from Zhejiang ...

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is transforming drug discovery by leveraging the cell’s natural protein disposal systems to eliminate disease-causing proteins. Innovators are making rapid and ...

Protein engineering is a powerful biotechnological process that focuses on creating new enzymes or proteins and improving the functions of existing ones by manipulating their natural macromolecular ...

EPFL researchers have developed a light-based method that can produce proteins that switch states, respond to signals, and even compute, using light and the cell cycle.

Biomaterials are taking medicine by storm – explore some recent preclinical advances in the field that may yield therapeutic benefits.