Cone snails deploy sophisticated venom cocktails to paralyse prey. Anthony King talks to the researchers harnessing these ...

In sum, the nonapeptide Oxytocin presents as a structurally well-defined peptide with a receptor system that is widely ...

Adhesion GPCRs are a large class of surface proteins that recognize chemical and mechanical stimuli in the body. The rapidly expanding body of knowledge on the therapeutic targeting of these receptors ...

In a recently published review, a research team led by MedUni Vienna has highlighted a promising new approach to drug ...

Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are implicated in numerous human diseases. However, to date, no medicinal product has been approved that specifically targets these signalling molecules.

This important paper presents a rigorous and comprehensive deep mutational analysis of the kinase TYK2, revealing how single amino acid substitutions influence protein abundance, signaling activity, ...

Innate immune sensors – known as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) – detect specific molecular components of bacterial or ...

Addis Ababa — African Union (AU) Ministers of Health and Finance, together with Heads of Delegation, have called for urgent and sustained investment in Africa's health workforce, including to build a ...

Virus-associated cancers are a significant and persistent global health challenge, providing unique insight into the relationship between chronic infection ...